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In the past half century or more, business aviation has grown from a US-dominated, corporate travel club into a global financial and technological force.
Along the way it has produced some of the aviation industry's most innovative products, and contributed more than its fair share of flops. But what have been the all-time best?
In these features, Flightglobal's editors have come up with the definitive list of the 10 business aircraft that changed the world. Some are in here because of their astonishing commercial success; others because they raised the technological bar; others for flying into a gap in the market no-one had spotted before.
You may not agree with our choices, but every one of these 10 types did something remarkable in the world of business aviation.
- 1. Learjet 23/24
- 2. Dassault Falcon 50
- 3. Gulfstream IV
- 4. Beechcraft King Air
- 5. Cessna Citation II
- 6. Eclipse 500
- 7. Challenger 600
- 8. De Havilland 125
- 9. Beechcraft Starship
- 10. Lockheed Jetstar
- Best of the rest
- The ones that got away
Source: Flight International
