From left: Kirby Ezelle, Bart Gray, Josh Podlich and John Bone are the crew of the Pole to Pole Learjet mission. Travis Heying The Wichita Eagle A Learjet will depart from Wichita this week as pilots ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Touching down in ICT on Monday, a Learjet has become the first plane of its kind to perform a polar circumnavigation. The trip took the four-pilot crew five days to complete, as ...

The fuselage of Learjet 23-003, the first production Lear, is returned to its restoration hangar in Wichita following paint stripping. The aircraft will now undergo non-destructive inspection to help ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Learjet 36A that took off from Wichita last Wednesday evening made it to the Arctic Circle early morning and returned to Wichita Monday afternoon. It appears the Learjet ...

A Learjet will depart from Wichita this week as pilots try to fly to the South Pole, then the North Pole and back to Wichita in three days. The “Polar Mission,” more formally known as polar ...