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Photograph of a Douglas DC-3S aircraft (tail number N30000) taking off from an airport, circa 1940s-1950s.

Photograph of a Consolidated Fleetster Model 17 seaplane taxiing on water, March 8, 1930. The aircraft has a NYRBA Line (New York, Rio, and Buenos Aires Line) markings.Caption: "No. 815 3/8/30 S.&F. / Consolidated Aircraft Corp. / Fleetster 17."

Photograph of a Fokker F-32 aircraft, circa 1920s-1930s. An unidentified aircraft is parked under the nose of the F-32.

Photograph of two Fokker F-10 aircraft (tail numbers NC9166 and NC39N) in front of the Fairfax Airport terminal building, Kansas City, Kansas, circa 1920s-1930s. A crowd is gathered in the background, including people standing on the roof of the…

Film footage of a Learstar (registration number N16L) and Lockheed L-1888 Electra, circa 1950s. The footage opens with the Learstar being towed into a hangar and William P. Lear boarding the airplane. The next several scenes feature Lear and an…

Promotional film for Lear, Incorporated, produced by Norman Wright Productions (Hollywood, California) and narrated by Bob Cummings, circa 1960s. The footage opens with a dramatization of an astronaut piloting a futuristic spacecraft on a deep-space…

Photograph of Moya O. Lear serving refreshments to passengers on the Friendship One Boeing 747SP aircraft, circa 1988. Inscription on verso: "F10-5."

Photograph of Moya O. Lear (left) and flight attendant Fran McNally (right) serving refreshments to passengers on the Friendship One Boeing 747 aircraft, circa 1988. A business card for R. Edward Holmes, Aero Systems Aviation Corps., is attached to…

Photograph of pilot Clay Lacy with the Friendship One Boeing 747 aircraft, circa 1988.Inscription: "To Moya / Thanks for your friendship and support. / With love / Clay."

Photograph of a Cal-State Air Lines Handley Page H.P.137 Jetstream aircraft (tail number N12224) and a Learjet 25 aircraft (tail number N695LJ) in a hangar, circa 1960s.