Lear-24
well, I must say that I am a bit suprised about the optimism that I come across sometimes, it is nice to be optimistic, but realism is well placed in conjuntion. I have to ask, do you have any sort of idea about what kind of performance you will get out of a Lear-24????? I doubt it-but if you think that you guys can move on to that sort of equipment from piston twins and turboprops, (assuming that you will not ask somebody with experience on the Lears to help you out in the beginning) and not screw up (not nessicarily crash) you are in for a big surprise. This would be the biggest concern for me in addition to all the other problems posted previously.
As a guideline-I have personally climed to FL410 in less then 9 min in a Lear-24------Light and cold----but hard to beat........This airplane requires a lot of attention without any fancy systems that can be found in new airplanes............
Follow the advice on this forum----buy C500----easy to handle as a first Jet and a lot cheaper to operate.........regards