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[Instrument panel outfitted with Learadio equipment]
Photograph of an instrument panel outfitted with Learadio equipment, circa 1940s-1960s. Several of the instruments are labeled.Caption: "NA-44. Learadio equipment installation. Rear cockpit. Direction indicator. Transmitter power supply - Type…

[Beech Bonanza instrument panel outfitted with Lear equipment]
Photograph of a Beech Bonanza instrument panel outfitted with Lear VHF Omnimatic navigating equipment and a Lear Orienter, circa 1950s-1960s.Typed caption: "Installation of Lear Orienter and Lear VHF Omnimatic navigating equipment in Bonanza Panel.…

[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…

[Learadio portable receiver]
Photograph of a Learadio portable receiver, circa 1930s-1940s.Inscription: "Portable 2-band battery-operated receiver used thru-out WW2 by many USAF [personnel?] here and all over world."

[Learmatic navigator]
Photograph of a Learmatic navigator, circa 1940s.Inscription: "Learmatic navigator combining directional gyro with adjustable [illegible] and automatic and/or manual loop [rotator?]."

[Learadio automatic direction finder]
Photograph of a Learadio automatic direction finder, circa 1940.Inscription: "Manual loop antenna rotator and directional indicator. 1940."

[Learadio radio compass tuning unit]
Photograph of a Learadio radio compass tuning unit, circa 1930s-1940s.

[Learadio Model RCB receiver tuning unit]
Photograph of a Learadio Model RCB receiver tuning unit, circa 1930s-1940s.

[Aircraft instrument panel equipped with Learadio device]
Photograph of an aircraft instrument panel equipped with a Learadio device, circa 1941.Inscription: "1941. [Amphibian?] with first dry-cell operated trans-rec[cut off]. [illegible] watt. Range 300 miles."

[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…
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