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- Creator is exactly "Lear Avia Corporation"
[Aircraft instrument panel equipped with Lear, Incorporated VHF receiver and orienter]
![[Aircraft instrument panel equipped with Lear, Incorporated VHF receiver and orienter]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/fe126fff50dddeefc9ad92f237cc782b.jpg "[Aircraft instrument panel equipped with Lear, Incorporated VHF receiver and orienter]")
Photograph of an aircraft instrument panel equipped with a Lear, Incorporated VHF receiver and orienter, circa 1940s.Inscription on verso: "Lear Avionics installation late 30's - early 40's."Stamped on verso: "Please return to: Lear Archive, [address…
[Sydney Nesbitt presenting Learadio Model APR-A portable receiver to Katherine Rawls Thompson]
![[Sydney Nesbitt presenting Learadio Model APR-A portable receiver to Katherine Rawls Thompson]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/191f336325b3bdfde0a3bb9134278b9a.jpg "[Sydney Nesbitt presenting Learadio Model APR-A portable receiver to Katherine Rawls Thompson]")
Photograph of Sydney Nesbitt (left) presenting a Learadio Model APR-A portable receiver to Katherine Rawls Thompson, winner of the Alcazar Trophy Race, Miami, Florida, January 1941. An unidentified U.S. Marine Corps serviceman stands in the…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 16 - "Miriam Johnson pilots British American Ambulance Corps Learadio-equipped WACO on 3 month tour of US," 1941 February 24]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 16 - "Miriam Johnson pilots British American Ambulance Corps Learadio-equipped WACO on 3 month tour of US," 1941 February 24]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/b9afea423013a972d0f5768399237806.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 16 - "Miriam Johnson pilots British American Ambulance Corps Learadio-equipped WACO on 3 month tour of US," 1941 February 24]")
Items from Box 27, Folder 16 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, February 24, 1941. Contains a Lear Avia Corporation press release and photograph related to a British American Ambulance Corps (BAAC) flying tour, carried out by pilot Miriam…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 21 - "Miss Dickey Meyer joins Lear Avia as press liaison," 1941 April 2]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 21 - "Miss Dickey Meyer joins Lear Avia as press liaison," 1941 April 2]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/4c8986cd792d581a8adb0ee8c617bbfe.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 21 - "Miss Dickey Meyer joins Lear Avia as press liaison," 1941 April 2]")
Items from Box 27, Folder 21 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, April 2, 1941. Contains a Lear Avia Corporation press release and photograph related to the hiring of Dickey Meyer as a press liaison. The photograph depicts Meyer in a flight…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 23 - Captured Me109 radio equipment evaluation by WPL, 1941 July 24]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 23 - Captured Me109 radio equipment evaluation by WPL, 1941 July 24]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/db631e0c4c1f3dde0d78d60d09cbef7a.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 23 - Captured Me109 radio equipment evaluation by WPL, 1941 July 24]")
Items from Box 27, Folder 23 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, July 24, 1941. Contains a press release and eight captioned photographs related to William P. Lear's evaluation of German radio equipment taken from a captured Messerschmitt…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 5, Folder 3 - New York office set-up, 1942 December]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 5, Folder 3 - New York office set-up, 1942 December]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/a7acd251131907db10a01a38c6981790.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 5, Folder 3 - New York office set-up, 1942 December]")
Items from Box 5, Folder 3 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, December 1942. Contains correspondence and memorandums related to the setup of Lear Avia's New York office. Seven total documents and original folder labeled "Re New York…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 12, Folder 4 - United States War Department patent license contract, 1942 April - 1945 February]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 12, Folder 4 - United States War Department patent license contract, 1942 April - 1945 February]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/18be2f8993b343464993f7709f775cfe.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 12, Folder 4 - United States War Department patent license contract, 1942 April - 1945 February]")
Items from Box 12, Folder 4 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, April 1942 to February 1945. Contains correspondence, memorandums, and other documents related to a patent license contract between Lear Avia and the United States government.…
[Production line at Lear Avia facility]
![[Production line at Lear Avia facility]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/9be394f6c60e1af919ab25dc8c1673f9.jpg "[Production line at Lear Avia facility]")
Photograph of the production line at the Lear Avia facility in Piqua, Ohio, circa 1943. Employees, predominantly women, work on device components at long work tables.Inscription on verso: "1943 -- Piqua. [illegible] Dept. View of production…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 22, Folder 15 - "Fastop clutch with large diameter driven member," 1943 October]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 22, Folder 15 - "Fastop clutch with large diameter driven member," 1943 October]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/919749be56158685f9c574955f87275e.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 22, Folder 15 - "Fastop clutch with large diameter driven member," 1943 October]")
Items from Box 22, Folder 15 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, October 1943. Contains memorandums and a diagram (numbered A2A753) related to the Fastop clutch and brake mechanism. Three total documents and original folder labeled "Lear…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 22, Folder 16 - "Fastop clutch with friction spring (Nygard, et al)," 1943 October]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 22, Folder 16 - "Fastop clutch with friction spring (Nygard, et al)," 1943 October]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/b3610357e9271447e5445d07a3f9a312.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 22, Folder 16 - "Fastop clutch with friction spring (Nygard, et al)," 1943 October]")
Items from Box 22, Folder 16 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, October 1943. Contains correspondence, patent copies, and diagrams related to the Fastop clutch and brake mechanism. Six total documents and original folder labeled "Fastop…