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History2026-08-04 · 8 min read

The 60-Year Story of the Business Jet in 10 Aircraft

From a Swiss fighter jet that became the Learjet to a Global 8000 that touched Mach 1, the business jet has been reinvented roughly once a decade. Ten aircraft explain how a rich man's toy became an 854-a-year industry.

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