Learjet 60 - Operational Planning

Learjet 60

Pilot's Manual
OPERATIONAL PLANNING
The
charts and tables on the
following pages contain
performance
data for climb,
cruise, descent and holding .
Takeoff and landing per-
formance data
is presented in tabular
form in the FAA
Approved
Flight Manual
. Fuel consumption
information is presented
based on
flight test data
and average engine
characteristics . The following
con-
ditions are to
be assumed when extracting data
from this section :
WEIGHT

All
weights presented in
this section are to
be understood
as the gross
weight of the
airplane in
pounds . For flight
planning,
the climb
weight used is the gross
weight
of the airplane
at the start of climb,
the
cruise weight
used is the mid-weight
be-
tween the
start cruise weight
and the end
cruise
weight and the descent
weight used
is assumed
to be 16,000
pounds .
ALTITUDE
TEMPERATURE
All altitudes presented
in this section
are
to be understood
as pressure altitude
in
feet .
OAT -
Outside Air
Temperature .
For
presentation
in this section,
Temperature
is to be
understood as
OAT unless other-
wise
specified .
SAT - Static
Air Temperature
obtained
from inflight
indications . SAT is
equiva-
lent to OAT .
RAT - Ram Air
Temperature obtained
from inflight
measurement (includes
com-
pression rise) .
PM-123

8- 3
Change l