Although there's been a death watch over Learjet for a year or more, the Bombardier subsidiary had cause for celebration last week. The iconic bizjet brand sold its 3,000th aircraft on June 2 and it coincidentally happened to be the 100th Learjet 75 produced by the Wichita plant. The aircraft was handed over to Leggett and Platt, a Missouri furniture manufacturer. It's the company's second Learjet 75. The event was attended by 1,300 people, most of them employees, with a smattering of local celebrities and Learjet founder Bill Lear's daughter-in-law Brenda Lear. "I think what's touched me today the most is to see the outpouring of people that wanted to be here when they heard about this event coming," said David Coleal, Bombardier Business Aircraft president. "It really shows … the passion and the pride that this iconic brand instills in all of us every day."
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