Photograph of William P. Lear with a Waco UIC aircraft (wing number NC13402), circa 1930s.Inscription on verso: "Bill Lear + his Waco Model UIC equipped with Lear-O-Scope, direction finder, + Lear-O-Phone transmitter + receiver. This is the plane…
Pamphlet about Learadio aircraft radio equipment, circa 1930s. Contains technical specifications and images of various models of transmitters, receivers, power supplies, and accessories. 41 pages.
Items from Box 4, Folder 30 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, circa 1931-1939. Contains two reports related to the Learadio Lear-O-Scope Model LC 100 Radio Compass Direction Finder.
Photograph of an aircraft instrument panel outfitted with Learadio equipment, circa 1931-1939. Two arrows point to the direction indicator and the interphone and radio transmit control switch.Inscription: "NA-44 / Learadio equipment installation /…
Photograph of an aircraft cockpit outfitted with Learadio equipment, circa 1931-1939. Arrows point to the microphone and support and the interphone and radio transmit control and jack box.Inscription: "NA-44 / Learadio equipment installation / Rear…
Photograph of a man using a Learadio portable marker transmitter in an open field, circa 1931-1939.Inscription: "First completely portable outer or inner marker transmitter for radio compass [illegible]."
Photograph of William P. Lear with his Waco UIC aircraft, circa 1933. Inscription on verso: "1935 / WPL entering 1933 Continental Powered Waco preparatory to NY Los Angeles trip when Model L DF was shown to whole USA and many CAA stations for the…
Check and agreement between the Stinson Aircraft Corporation and the Lear Development Company, circa 1933. Item has been de-framed but remains attached to mountboard.