*****AIRCRAFT
“LearJet - 55”*****
REFERENCE INFORMATION (by Aircraft performance
database)
*****Aircraft
Features*****
Wing position: Low wing with wing tip tanks
Engine position: Both sides of rear fuselage
Tail configuration: T-tail
Landing gear: Tricycle retractable
Wing Span: 13.3 m
Length: 16.8 m
Height: 4.5 m
Power plant: 2 x 16.46 kN
Garrett TFE731-3A-2B turbofans.
Accommodation: Flightcrew of two and 4 passengers in executive, up to 8 in corporate
configuration.
Notes: Mid-size corporate jet. In service since 1981. New fuselage
development of Learjet 28/29 Longhorn. A number of variants were produced:
Learjet 55B with modified wings and digital flightdeck,
Learjet 55C with delta fins and 55ER for extended range. Production ceased in
1990 and changed to improved Learjet 60 in 1993. 147 aircraft were built, in
1999 140 remain in service mainly in Europe and North America.
Alternative names:
55 (LEARJET).
*****Total
Flight Simulator aircraft weight with full fuel*****
000,000 lbs - 9.530 kg
VMO - Maximum Operating Speed 400 KIAS
MMO - Maximum Operating Speed Mach 0.76 Mach
Turbulent Air Penetration Speed 000 KIAS/.00 Mach
VLO - Maximum Gear Operating Speed 000 KIAS
VLE - Maximum Landing Gear Extension Speed 000 KIAS/.00 Mach
*****Maximum
Flap Placard Speeds*****
Flaps degrees KIAS
1 000
2 000
5 000
10 000
15 000
25 000
30 000
40 000
*****Take-off*****
WTC: M
Distance: 1400
mt
V2 (IAS): 140
kts
*****Climbing*****
-(to 5000 ft)
IAS: 170
kt
ROC: 4000
ft/min
-(to FL150)
IAS: 290
kt
ROC: 3000
ft/min
-(to FL240)
IAS: 290
kt
ROC: 2500
ft/min
-(mach)
mach: 0.72
ROC: 1500
ft/min
*****Cruise*****
TAS: 400
kt
MACh: 0.76 data
Ceiling: FL510
Range: 2500 NM
*****Descent
*****
- (to FL240)
mach: 0.72
ROD: 1000
ft/min
- (to FL100)
IAS: 290
kt
ROD: 4000
ft/min
*****Approach*****
IAS: 250
kt
MCS: 180
kt
ROD: 1500
ft/min
*****Landing*****
Vht
(IAS): 140 kt
APC: C
Distance: 1000
mt