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Title: 2002 AirPower Over Hampton Roads - Bobby Younkin
Added: Feb 19, 2008
Author: airshowfansh
Duration: 13:30
Description:
Bobby YounkinLearjet 23 Aerobatics2002 AirPower Over Hampton RoadsLangley AFB, VirginiaSaturday June 22, 2002IN THIS VIDEO, watch as Bobby Younkin flies this Learjet 23 through an aerobatic performance over Langley AFB. Younkin was famous for his aerobatic performances in Samson, a Beech 18, a Decathlon, and this Learjet. Sadly, he lost his life, along with fellow pilot Jimmy Franklin, on July 10, 2005 in Moose Jaw, SK flying the Masters of Disaster routine with Jim LeRoy and Kent Shockley.If you are interested in purchasing DVDs of specific aircraft or of airshows, interested in everything related to airshows (where the jet teams will be, all airshow performers, airshow reports from airshows I have attended, previews of airshows I will be attending, etc.), and/or everything related to aviation - including spotting guides to my favorite airports and military bases and aircraft factfiles, please check out Steve's Airshow World at www.stevesairshow.com .
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Youtube Comments: 17
grazyarnie Says:
Feb 24, 2008 - Yeah I believe that...great airplane and very good engineering....the Lear 23 is the father or mother of all biz-jets...The first Gulfsteam with a Turbo-prop...the first Lear...a jet...
hilljack99 Says:
Feb 27, 2008 - grazy......you got it backward. The 23 was designed off a Swiss attack a/c.
jobpatto Says:
Mar 13, 2008 - I believe the early turbo jet Learjets had the highest power-to-weight ratio of any business jet. I think the Gulfstream II has the second highest. They were both over-powered because the ideal smaller jet engines didn't exist at the time. It makes for a sweet plane!
Fuckdencio Says:
Jul 13, 2008 - wow
TarDevil50 Says:
Sep 12, 2008 - Untrue. In a December 14, 2006 with AVweb's Russ Niles, Bill Lear Jr. said that bit of information is "as far away from the truth as one can get." The Lear 23 was a "clean sheet" airplane. They only used the Swiss facility for some wind tunnel testing and the also used the multi-spar wing construction method used in the Swiss plane. The wing design (as well as the rest of the plane) was entirely new design.
brunotutti Says:
Nov 28, 2008 - o mundo dos jatos puroo vixi quanto tempo não via um learjet 23 quando era pequeno voava bastante aqui no brasil!!!!
cmtefelipebarros Says:
Dec 19, 2008 - respect from a Learjet 45xr pilot...
Karwel1977 Says:
Jun 24, 2009 - learjet 23 bacanaaa!
soonerpilot625 Says:
Jul 17, 2009 - RIP Bobby
jamcrane3 Says:
Aug 12, 2009 - I watched this great man perform a spectacular aerobatic routine in this same jet at the Indianapolis Airshow. I met him after the show at a meet and greet at his airplane. Very friendly and willing to answer all questions. Jimmy Franklin also flew his Rolls Royce jet powered Waco biplane.He could take that biplane straight up for 2500 feet. Awesome. My lasting impression of Bobby Younkin was that this man knew he was alive. Two incredible aviators. Rest in peace gentlemen.
TarDevil50 Says:
Sep 22, 2009 - General Electric CJ-610 Waco biplane
AntonioSpeed Says:
Dec 14, 2009 - The lear jet is located at the Arkansas Air Museum. Matt crashed in his grandfather Jim Younkin's Mullicoupe. Bobby bought the Decathlon in 2004 with the intention of teaching both Matt and his sister Amanda aerobatics. After his untimely death in July of 2005, Matt took the Decathlon out and taught himself aerobatics in it.
kim621100 Says:
Oct 3, 2011 - Did this plane have the standard CJ 610 engines??
grazyarnie Says:
Feb 20, 2008 - Thats an evidence, that the Lear 23 was actually designed for the swiss Air force as a Traine for Jet-pilots..the swiss rejected the the Lear construction (big mistake).Gates Lear needed to think an other way and he found out....the Business..air-segment could use a new plane...so it became the first jet-engined bi arplane in the world..though the plan was took of by the british, the french and the germans (HFB 320)