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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…
[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…
[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…
[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…
[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 11, Folder 9 - Patent disbursements, 1940 December - 1942 June]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 11, Folder 9 - Patent disbursements, 1940 December - 1942 June]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/7453d86253f4ed59a9200d0c79a330d0.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 11, Folder 9 - Patent disbursements, 1940 December - 1942 June]")
Items from Box 11, Folder 9 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, December 1940 to June 1942. Contains patent disbursement statements for Lear Avia. 103 total documents.
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 12, Folder 13 - Learadio dealer franchise agreement form with "Appendix B" of Lear Avia contract, circa 1939-1944]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 12, Folder 13 - Learadio dealer franchise agreement form with "Appendix B" of Lear Avia contract, circa 1939-1944]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/c9a468c91e08f15ec2a587201c445639.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 12, Folder 13 - Learadio dealer franchise agreement form with "Appendix B" of Lear Avia contract, circa 1939-1944]")
Items from Box 12, Folder 13 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, circa 1939-1944. Contains a Learadio dealer franchise agreement form (blank) and a page from Appendix B of a Lear Avia contract. Two total documents.
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 12, Folder 14 - Corporate name change from Lear Developments to Lear Avia, 1939 December - 1944 August]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 12, Folder 14 - Corporate name change from Lear Developments to Lear Avia, 1939 December - 1944 August]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/dfc64bcb71ab982626ccf62163a2d87b.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 12, Folder 14 - Corporate name change from Lear Developments to Lear Avia, 1939 December - 1944 August]")
Items from Box 12, Folder 14 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, December 1939 to August 1944. Contains documents related to the corporate name change from Lear Developments to Lear Avia, including certified and Photostat copies of the…
[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.…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 18, Folder 1 - "Radio automatic guidance system (Case 31-3) and loop antenna system (Can 8-1)," 1940-1943]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 18, Folder 1 - "Radio automatic guidance system (Case 31-3) and loop antenna system (Can 8-1)," 1940-1943]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/2e98a4fb365ad043b561f20cea7fc419.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 18, Folder 1 - "Radio automatic guidance system (Case 31-3) and loop antenna system (Can 8-1)," 1940-1943]")
Items from Box 18, Folder 1 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, circa 1940-1943. Contains a patent application and other documents related to the Radio Automatic Guidance System (Case 31-3) and Loop Antenna System (Can. 8-1), as well as a…