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- Subject is exactly "Airplanes--Flight testing"
[Crashed Lear, Incorporated company company Cessna 180 aircraft]
![[Crashed Lear, Incorporated company company Cessna 180 aircraft]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/9c24297714f8e45f680a2c8977efaffe.jpg "[Crashed Lear, Incorporated company company Cessna 180 aircraft]")
Photograph of a crashed Lear, Incorporated company Cessna 180 aircraft in a wooded area, circa 1950s-1960s. The text on the fuselage reads: "Engineering flight test."
Inscription on verso: "Back to the drawing board."
[Learjet 23 aircraft during flight test at Lear facility]
![[Learjet 23 aircraft during flight test at Lear facility]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/6a6ab06724fdd1b5724d3b4535ede775.jpg "[Learjet 23 aircraft during flight test at Lear facility]")
Photograph of a Learjet 23 aircraft (tail number N801L) during a flight test at a Lear facility, January 1964. Details about the aircraft and its flight tests are provided in the caption.Typed caption on verso: "Fifty-Hour Milestone: Latest photo of…
[Letter to Edward L. Wells from his son, Edward C. Wells, postmarked August 8, 1935]
![[Letter to Edward L. Wells from his son, Edward C. Wells, postmarked August 8, 1935]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/312ad9c3d44802ac64b4f22a5d4fc21f.jpg "[Letter to Edward L. Wells from his son, Edward C. Wells, postmarked August 8, 1935]")
Letter to Edward L. Wells from his son, Edward C. Wells, postmarked August 8, 1935. Notes that he has been selected as part of the test crew for the Boeing B-17 Model 299 Flying Fortress aircraft. Three handwritten pages and envelope.
[Letter to Mr. and Mrs. William H. Cook, Sr. from William H. Cook, Jr., March 27, 1939]
![[Letter to Mr. and Mrs. William H. Cook, Sr. from William H. Cook, Jr., March 27, 1939]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/685fc220de7ea9ac31f01f5e7d4da568.jpg "[Letter to Mr. and Mrs. William H. Cook, Sr. from William H. Cook, Jr., March 27, 1939]")
Letter to Mr. and Mrs. William H. Cook, Sr. from their son, William H. Cook, Jr., March 27, 1939. Addresses the crash of a Boeing 307 Stratoliner during a test flight on March 18, 1939 and describes the ongoing investigation and impact; Cook's boss,…
[Logbook for Boeing B-17 Model 299 Flying Fortress ("XB-17") aircraft, 1935]
![[Logbook for Boeing B-17 Model 299 Flying Fortress ("XB-17") aircraft, 1935]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/d4f476f595391d63e0f250a3d8957789.jpg "[Logbook for Boeing B-17 Model 299 Flying Fortress ("XB-17") aircraft, 1935]")
Logbook ("Log of Plane: Mod-299, MFG-1963") for the Boeing B-17 Model 299 Flying Fortress ("XB-17") aircraft, 1935. Records flight details from July 28, 1935 to October 24, 1935.
[Memorandum to Lear Jet employees from Bob Hagan, October 9, 1963]
![[Memorandum to Lear Jet employees from Bob Hagan, October 9, 1963]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/5989af07a3927a208d01d056ae0f40f2.jpg "[Memorandum to Lear Jet employees from Bob Hagan, October 9, 1963]")
Memorandum to Lear Jet employees from Bob Hagan, Manufacturing Superintendent and Chief of Flight Test, October 9, 1963. Sends thanks and congratulations to employees for a job well done and shares highlights from the test flight of the Learjet 23.…
[Memorial program for Boeing 307 Stratoliner crash victims, March 22, 1939]
![[Memorial program for Boeing 307 Stratoliner crash victims, March 22, 1939]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/0d47b46e74da53ebb21bb731450325a9.jpg "[Memorial program for Boeing 307 Stratoliner crash victims, March 22, 1939]")
Program for a memorial service honoring the victims of a Boeing 307 Stratoliner crash, March 22, 1939. The crash occurred on March 18, 1939 during a test flight in Washington State. The program lists the ten victims: Julius Augustus Barr, Albert G.…
[Telegram to William H. Cook, Jr. from William H. Cook, Sr., March 19, 1939]
![[Telegram to William H. Cook, Jr. from William H. Cook, Sr., March 19, 1939]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/720be55aecfb24a7ba61113b3c95f859.jpg "[Telegram to William H. Cook, Jr. from William H. Cook, Sr., March 19, 1939]")
Telegram to William H. Cook, Jr. from his father, William H. Cook, Sr., March 19, 1939. Requests a response from Cook, Jr. following the crash of a Boeing 307 Stratoliner during a test flight on March 18, 1939. Cook, Jr. was supposed to be aboard the…
[Telegram to William H. Cook, Sr. from William H. Cook, Jr., March 19, 1939]
![[Telegram to William H. Cook, Sr. from William H. Cook, Jr., March 19, 1939]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/d1ce84bb18993f1dc169461ed5bce748.jpg "[Telegram to William H. Cook, Sr. from William H. Cook, Jr., March 19, 1939]")
Telegram to William H. Cook, Sr. from his son, William H. Cook, Jr., March 19, 1939. Responds to Cook, Sr.'s previous telegram about the crash of a Boeing 307 Stratoliner during a test flight on March 18, 1939. Cook, Jr. states that he is okay, as he…
[Test dummy and parachute on ground after Lear Fan ejection seat test]
![[Test dummy and parachute on ground after Lear Fan ejection seat test]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/103400dc27b046f772f099dcaf504e30.jpg "[Test dummy and parachute on ground after Lear Fan ejection seat test]")
Photograph of a test dummy and parachute on the ground after a Lear Fan ejection seat test, circa 1980.