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Plaque given to William P. Lear by the UCLA Graduate School of Business Administration, 1966. Includes engraved brass plate mounted within a velvet-lined shadowbox frame with plastic cover and metal hardware on verso. Engraved on front: "Executive…

Photograph of (from left to right) Aga Khan IV, Moya O. Lear, and William A. Sipprell with a Learjet 23 aircraft, November 1964. Hank Beaird and an unidentified man are visible inside the aircraft. Inscription on verso: "November 1964. Aga Kahn…

Items from Box 82, Folder 9 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, June 1964. Contains correspondence, an incident report, and fifteen photographs related to the crash of a Learjet 23 aircraft (N801L) during certification testing.

Photograph of the test fuselage of the Learjet 23 prototype undergoing structure testing at a Lear facility, March 17, 1964.Inscription: "T76-1B / 3-17-64."Inscription on verso: "Structure testing."

Photograph of three men conducting tests on the Learjet 23 prototype, March 16, 1964.Inscription on verso: "Flight test instruction for ground test / T-76-3A / 3-16-64."

Photographic contact sheet containing four images of people with a Learjet 23 aircraft, March 5, 1964. The first image (top left) shows men looking at a Learjet wing outfitted with testing tufts. The second image (top right) shows men inside the…

Photographic contact sheet containing three images related to first flight preparations of the Learjet 23 aircraft (tail number N802L), March 1964. Images 1 and 2 (left and top right) show a man fueling up the aircraft. Image 3 (bottom right) shows a…

Photograph of the test fuselage of the Learjet 23 prototype at a Lear facility, February 29, 1964.Inscription on verso: "Overall shot of test fuselage / 2-29-64."

Photograph of Hank Beaird and Dave Brown seated in the cockpit of a Learjet 23 aircraft (tail number N801L), February 28, 1964. Inscription: "PR-113[C or G?] / 2-28-64." Inscription on verso: "N801L / Hank Beaird / Dave Brown (AV Week) / 2/28/64."

Photograph of the Learjet 23 prototype undergoing a fuselage side-bending test, February 25, 1964.Text on sign: "Fuselage side bending static test / 0% ultimate / 25 Feb. 1964."Inscription on verso: "T58-4A / 2-25-64."