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- Creator is exactly "Lear Avia Corporation"
[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…
[Betsy Ross using Learadio portable receiver]
![[Betsy Ross using Learadio portable receiver]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/b1673b1cd30afff6e00dc51cbe191af9.jpg "[Betsy Ross using Learadio portable receiver]")
Photograph of pilot Betsy Ross using a Learadio portable receiver in the cockpit of her Taylorcraft aircraft, August 20, 1940. An accompanying press release describes Ross's recent flight from Harrisburg Pennsylvania State Airport, noted as the first…
[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…
[Assembly line at Lear Avia facility]
![[Assembly line at Lear Avia facility]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/ef7786fa21493ca6d8fa0b97ad9f3d6c.jpg "[Assembly line at Lear Avia facility]")
Photograph of the assembly line at a Lear Avia facility, Vandalia, Ohio, circa 1940. Male and female employees work on device components at long work tables.Inscription: "Lear Avia Vandalia factory. 1940."Inscription on verso: "Assembly. Handwriting…
[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. Lear and members of executive board]
![[William P. Lear and members of executive board]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/091993c23234100fa2a4edead0b22ce1.jpg "[William P. Lear and members of executive board]")
Photograph of William P. Lear (at head of table) and members of the executive board at Lear Avia's Dayton Airport facility, Ohio, circa 1940. Other identified individuals are Rober L. Drake, Alice Miller, Arling "Arlie" Ryberg, and Waldorf Astoria…
[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 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 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 26, Folder 9 - "Learmatic (L-P-3) and Learmatic gyromatic radio compass," undated (circa 1939-1944)]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 26, Folder 9 - "Learmatic (L-P-3) and Learmatic gyromatic radio compass," undated (circa 1939-1944)]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/50470472ead757379ec6326855538abd.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 26, Folder 9 - "Learmatic (L-P-3) and Learmatic gyromatic radio compass," undated (circa 1939-1944)]")
Items from Box 26, Folder 9 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, circa 1939-1944. Contains a hand-drawn sketch, diagrams, and documents related to the Learmatic and Learmatic Gyromatic Radio Compass. Six total documents.