Browse Items (46 total)
- Creator is exactly "Lear, William P. (William Powell), 1902-1978"
Coil/Lear Radio Coil in Jar
Thin green wire coiled around a brown metal circular tube. A paper note is included with object that states, "Small highly efficiently radio coil developed by William P. Lear. These coils were far smaller than contemporary coils, and were used in the…
Problems attendant to the specifications of aircraft radio apparatus for pursuit airplanes
Article written by William P. Lear about aircraft radio specifications for pursuit airplanes, circa late 1930s. 10 pages.
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 1, Folder 4 - Correspondence between WPL and Cass S. Hough, 1938 May - October, 1979 August]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 1, Folder 4 - Correspondence between WPL and Cass S. Hough, 1938 May - October, 1979 August]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/a13dfe2c00574af78e6b603486c2d912.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 1, Folder 4 - Correspondence between WPL and Cass S. Hough, 1938 May - October, 1979 August]")
Items from Box 1, Folder 4 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, May to October 1938 and August 1979. Contains five typed letters and four telegrams between William P. Lear and Cass S. Hough, primarily discussing installation,…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 34, Folder 1 - "Lear low approach system (31-1 and 31-3)," 1939 December]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 34, Folder 1 - "Lear low approach system (31-1 and 31-3)," 1939 December]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/7b98b8079646d014b0103ec09a362209.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 34, Folder 1 - "Lear low approach system (31-1 and 31-3)," 1939 December]")
Items from Box 34, Folder 1 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, December 1939. Contains handwritten notes and sketches about the Lear low approach system. All or most of the notes appear to have been written by William P. Lear. Five total…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 41, Folder 2 - Equipment invention diagrams by WPL, undated (circa 1939-1944)]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 41, Folder 2 - Equipment invention diagrams by WPL, undated (circa 1939-1944)]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/6beb59bfb22fecebb9fde4315d181de1.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 41, Folder 2 - Equipment invention diagrams by WPL, undated (circa 1939-1944)]")
Items from Box 41, Folder 2 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, January 1940 - March 1944. Contains various diagrams of devices invented by William P. Lear. Also included is a piece of wire enclosed in a Lear, Incorporated envelope labeled…
Learadio notes on direction finding!
Notes written by William P. Lear about the utility of automatic direction finders, circa 1940. Describes a flight from New York to Dayon, Ohio in Lear's Waco aircraft and how a Lear ADF-8 helped him navigate despite static from a thunderstorm.…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 34, Folder 6 - "Bill Lear ideas and cases," 1940 January - 1944 March]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 34, Folder 6 - "Bill Lear ideas and cases," 1940 January - 1944 March]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/bbc1281e89fd1e3fe8c1d58d3fe197db.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 34, Folder 6 - "Bill Lear ideas and cases," 1940 January - 1944 March]")
Items from Box 34, Folder 6 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, January 1940 - March 1944. Contains an assortment of handwritten notes and sketches made by William P. Lear detailing various invention ideas. Some of the sketches depict…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 28 - "Aircraft electric remote control actuators and automatic controls," 1944 March 29]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 28 - "Aircraft electric remote control actuators and automatic controls," 1944 March 29]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/c9afe212e701a85397767f6fc6ba713a.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 28 - "Aircraft electric remote control actuators and automatic controls," 1944 March 29]")
Items from Box 27, Folder 28 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, March 29, 1944. Contains a paper titled "Aircraft electric remote control actuators and automatic controls," written by William P. Lear for a joint meeting of the Franklin…
[Patent application for Gyromatic Radio Compass]
![[Patent application for Gyromatic Radio Compass]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/5c38b341e77086e9a51cff9cda54a6be.jpg "[Patent application for Gyromatic Radio Compass]")
Patent application for the Gyromatic Radio Compass submitted by William P. Lear, October 30, 1944. 24 typed pages.
[Speech given by William P. Lear to the Aviation Writers Association]
![[Speech given by William P. Lear to the Aviation Writers Association]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/06bfc367bee27c4f4c2134b61a5a1891.jpg "[Speech given by William P. Lear to the Aviation Writers Association]")
Speech given by William P. Lear to the Aviation Writers Association, New York City, New York, March 7, 1945. 15 typed pages.