Items from Box 65, Folder 8 and Oversize Folder 8 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, September 1965 through November 1966. Contains correspondence related to a deal between William P. Lear and the Bacon Aircraft Company, and maps related…
Photograph of a Learjet 24 aircraft (N247LJ) at the Lear Jet facility following its record-setting around-the-world flight, Wichita, Kansas, May 26, 1966. A crowd is gathered around the aircraft and several other Lear Jet aircraft are visible in the…
Photograph of Moya O. Lear (second from left), William P. Lear (center), and representatives of the Gates Rubber Company looking at documents, circa April 1967.
Photographic contact sheet featuring two images of people with a Learstar aircraft (tail number N211L), circa 1960s.Inscription on verso: "Flew it w/ Bob Richardson (not in photo) / N211L / Learstar purchased from [Krup?]. [illegible] checked out in…
Photograph of (from left to right) Duane Atkinson, Leonard Valladao, Frank Bonner, Allen E. Paulson, and Jack Bledsoe with a Learjet aircraft, circa 1960s.Typed caption on verso: "Left to right: / Duane Atkinson / Leonard Valladao / Frank Bonner, Sr.…
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 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."