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- Subject is exactly "Airplanes--Flight testing"
Mark Armstrong oral history interview
Born-digital video recording of an oral history with Mark Armstrong and interviewer Geoff Nunn, recorded as part of The Museum of Flight Oral History Program, October 20, 2016.
A brief history of airplane surface controls and the means of actuation at Boeing by W. H. Cook, August 30, 1985
Manuscript titled "A brief history of airplane surface controls and the means of actuation at Boeing," written by William H. Cook, Jr., August 30, 1985. Addresses different flight control surfaces used at Boeing and the development of new ones over…
[William P. Lear looking out cockpit window of Beech 18 aircraft]
![[William P. Lear looking out cockpit window of Beech 18 aircraft]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/a445aca215b29e4ee824bbb1d65e691b.jpg "[William P. Lear looking out cockpit window of Beech 18 aircraft]")
Photograph of William P. Lear looking out the cockpit window of a Lear, Incorporated company Beech 18 aircraft, circa 1940s-1960s. The text on the fuselage reads: "Lear / Installation and Flight Test Div."
Stamped on verso: "Please return to: Lear…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 146, Folder 1 - Congratulatory correspondence regarding first flight of E-001 (N626BL), 1981 January - February]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 146, Folder 1 - Congratulatory correspondence regarding first flight of E-001 (N626BL), 1981 January - February]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/18cb0f77465230a44860db9e81eb64b6.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 146, Folder 1 - Congratulatory correspondence regarding first flight of E-001 (N626BL), 1981 January - February]")
Items from Box 146, Folder 1 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, January - February 1981. Contains congratulatory correspondences and photographs regarding the first flight of the Lear Fan E-001 (N626BL). 54 total items.
[Tracking chart for flight test program]
![[Tracking chart for flight test program]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/52e220ff66c6e80715b0f2766628c66f.jpg "[Tracking chart for flight test program]")
Tracking chart for a flight test program, circa 1940-1942. Tracks aircraft part installations and flights in various aircraft, including the Boeing B-17C, Boeing B-17E, Fairchild PT-19A, and Boeing XPBB. "W. Cook" [William Cook] is written on page 1.…
[Testing setup for Lear Fan mock-up]
![[Testing setup for Lear Fan mock-up]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/9810149222642be58247a4f1b3fe2820.jpg "[Testing setup for Lear Fan mock-up]")
Photograph of the testing setup for a Lear Fan mock-up, circa 1980.
[Testing setup for Lear Fan mock-up]
![[Testing setup for Lear Fan mock-up]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/74295eb6b80f9ee2c04307c02352eee2.jpg "[Testing setup for Lear Fan mock-up]")
Photograph of the testing setup for a Lear Fan mock-up, circa 1980. A man is working in the ejection seat area.
[Testing setup for Lear Fan mock-up]
![[Testing setup for Lear Fan mock-up]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/4e871ef6630f3f9d7f1611f2a8b9fd46.jpg "[Testing setup for Lear Fan mock-up]")
Photograph of the testing setup for a Lear Fan mock-up, circa 1980.
[Testing setup for Lear Fan mock-up]
![[Testing setup for Lear Fan mock-up]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/6d96958d7f82d887c264a3fdd21f2d09.jpg "[Testing setup for Lear Fan mock-up]")
Photograph of the testing setup for a Lear Fan mock-up, circa 1980.
[Testing setup for Lear Fan mock-up]
![[Testing setup for Lear Fan mock-up]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/26986df794c5c165e986ed79dc7fd9dd.jpg "[Testing setup for Lear Fan mock-up]")
Photograph of the testing setup for a Lear Fan mock-up, circa 1980.