Translation of Best Jets article
We had opportunity to visit the facilities of Best Jets located in the airport of Denison, Texas, in where we could appreciate the transformation that is made in the Learjets series 23, 24 and 25 to turn these excellent airships to the standards of Century XXI. During our visit we talked with Roger Humiston, founder and executive in head of Best Jets and Ray Santa, vice-president of sale of airships. Roger is true enthusiastic of Learjet 25 with than 25 years of experience flying a more this type of airships. But its passion by the Learjet is not limited to occupy the pilot's seat, its true passion is in knowing the capacity the airship and to revalidar the potential that it has to continue flying by many years more. This so particular perspective of Roger is talvez which has allowed to the development of the program Best Jets 21st Century Lear 25. This program is not like many other existing modernization programs at the moment in the market for a variety of executive airships. The great majority of these modernization programs is of cosmetic character, new finished to the existing interior, new outer painting, talvez new motor. The program of Best Jets has a different approach. Best Jets offers three levels of modernization, the Edition of Silver (Silver Edition), of Gold (Gold Edition) and the one of Platinum (Platinum Edition) and according to the requirements of the client the airship is optimized towards new standards. The program of Best Jets begins with a Learjet airplane that can be provided so much by Best Jets as by the client and according to the chosen package the renovation of the airship begins.
The Edition of Silver provides to the client new inner in the passenger salon, which does makes different is that these new interiors do not talk about to retapizado of the existing seats or the other cosmetic adjustments. The new interiors include to remove all the elements of the existing cabin and to install new interiors and finished including the panels of the walls and ceiling. The new interior includes leather seats, new cabinets, tables and plated accessories you by hand cover with boards exotic, painted fabrics and a trowel of natural colors that provide the suitable atmosphere to enjoy the flight. The new cabin of the Edition of Silver includes new finished, not only includes in addition blinds to materials composed for the windows, conditioned air with individual exits for each passenger and new system of illumination. In the outside the Edition of Silver includes new painting beginning to remove the painting completely and bases original and to complete the project with a characteristic and individualized scheme of colors.
The Best Jets 21st Century Lear 25 Gold Edition, includes in addition to which includes the previous level, the package of modernization of motors GE. The update with the new solid coil of the compressor of the rotor turns to these motors to the present standards of production obtaining the support and maintenance offered by the manufacturer and increasing the TBO to 10,000 hours. The Gold edition includes the modernization of the motors after to have made overhaul complete. During our route by the facilities, Ray Santa explained to us that Best Jets is the only center of repair of motors in the world with the capacity to make the commercial conversion of the solid coil of the compressor of the rotor for motors GE CJ610/CF700. This conversion increases the TBO of 5,000 to 10,000 hours allowing the replacement of individual shovels of the rotor damaged by FOD with the motor installed in the airplane and without having to disarm the rotor. This new coil of a single piece reduces the operative costs and of maintenance doing of the these motors most reliable and economic of maintaining within the line of motors for executive aviation In order to conclude Roger it indicated that the Learjets updated by Best Jets fulfills all the present regulations and includes the RVSM installation, TAWS, 406 ELT of MHz and all them inspection. The best thing of everything is than the Best program Jet 21st Century Lear 25 is certified under Part 125 of the Officers' Club of Revolutionary Armed Forces, therefore it fulfills and it exceeds the standards security and tests that many others jets light executives. For greater information of how to update its Learjet or how to acquire a Best Jets 21st Century Lear 25 comuníquese in Spanish or Portuguese with Ray Santa, vice-president of sale of airships to telephone 817-271-7438 or by electronic mail: rsanta@bestjets.aero. WING
