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Photograph of the LJ23 Automatic Flight Control System, circa 1960s-1970s. The components are described in the caption.Typed caption on verso: "[letterhead: 'Lear Jet Corporation / Photo Release'] Components that make up the new LJ23 Automatic Flight…

Photograph of a Lear AFC-70 autopilot, circa 1971-1976.

Composite photograph featuring four images of the Lear AFC-70 autopilot, circa 1971-1976. The images show the interior components, as well as the fully assembled unit.Caption: "Lear Automatic Flight Control / AFC-70."

Photograph of an aircraft instrument panel outfitted with a Lear AFC-70 autopilot, circa 1971-1976.

Photographic slide of a Lear AFC-70 autopilot, circa 1971-1976.

Photographic slide of the casing and interior components of a Lear AFC-70 autopilot, circa 1971-1976.

Photocopied telegram from Colonel David C. Schilling, U.S. Air Force, to William P. Lear, circa 1952. Congratulates Lear on the performance of the F-5 autopilot. Includes a photocopied article from the June 28, 1952 issue of "Newsweek," describing a…

Brochure for the Lear L-2 autopilot, circa 1944-1962. 23 pages.

Engineering report for the Lear AFC-70 autopilot, circa 1973. Includes data sheets, graphs, diagrams, and photographs. 106 pages (original pages may be missing).

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…