Following this, the aircraft was returned to the factory at Wichita, Kansas, and restored for donation to the National Air and Space Museum, where it was received on October 11, 1977. Both the success of the basic Model 23 design and the expansion of the corporate and personal jet market inspired a number of derivative models with increased range. Lear as alternates, and John Zimmerman as an observer. Neil Armstrong set five world speed records for an aircraft of this class. Two of them for altitude achieved, two for sustained flight at 51 .000 feet.
Performance is a direct result of design and construction.
The cabin of this smallest model seats up to nine persons. including pilots, and may be fully pressurized. The windshield and cabin windows are formed of stretched. There is a small tab on the left aileron for roll and one on the rudder for yaw. The incidence angle of the horizontal stabilizer is changed for pitch trim control. The aircraft has spoilers for speed control on the upper surface of each wing panel forward of the flaps.