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Print Associated Press Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit is walked to be groomed after a morning exercise at Pimlico Race Course ahead of the Preakness Stakes horse race, Tuesday, May 11, 2021, in Baltimore. Credit: (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) For five years, a bill that would place the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency in charge of fighting illicit drug use in horse racing went nowhere in Congress. In 2020, it finally passed — but that milestone came too late to resolve the crisis that enveloped the...

An airplane project that Bill Lear began nearly half a century ago has been refined into a design that’s now considered a classic.

By Murdo Morrison2021-04-22T10:56:00+01:00 The early to mid-1960s were arguably aerospace’s most creative age, outside wartime. From the first manned space missions to the genesis of vertical take-off fighters, supersonic transports, and jumbo jets, engineers were dreaming big. The period also saw the birth of the business jet, an invention that fused glamour, security, and time machine for those Tom Wolfe would term the Masters of the Universe in booming corporate America. Source: Bombardier The Learjet 23 led the way, first flown in October 1963 Bill Lear’s Learjet 23 was the only US ...

BBC News By Justin Harper image copyrightGetty Images Learjet, once synonymous with private jet travel for the super-rich and famous, will stop production this year. Its owner Bombardier has seen sales decline among its wealthy customers who are now demanding bigger, more comfortable private aircraft to carry them around the world. The Learjet, created by US inventor Bill Lear, allows up to eight people to travel in relative luxury, and was championed by the likes of Frank Sinatra, James Brown and Arnold Palmer. Having first flown in 1963, Canadian manufacturer Bombardier said the Learjet wou...

Share Your browser does not support iframes, but you can use the following link: Link Don Grommesh, Bill Lear’s employee No. 8, served as chief engineer, vice president of Learjet engineering and vice president and general manager of customer service. Al Higdon, Joined Lear Jet in 1964 and helped make Learjet a household name. Higdon, now retired, is co-founder of Sullivan, Higdon & Sink, now Signal Theory. Dave Franson, joined Learjet as director of public affairs from 1997 and served for seven years. Franson is now president of the Wichita Aero Club. Photo credit: Learjet Don't miss a sin...