Film footage of a Learstar (registration number N16L) and Lockheed L-1888 Electra, circa 1950s. The footage opens with the Learstar being towed into a hangar and William P. Lear boarding the airplane. The next several scenes feature Lear and an…
Photograph of William P. Lear (right) and Robert Cummings (left) with a Learstar aircraft, Santa Monica, California, circa 1950s. A Lear service hangar is visible in the background. Inscription on verso: "WPL and his long-time friend Bob Cummings.…
Photograph of William P. Lear looking at the engine of a Lockheed Lodestar aircraft, circa January 1953. Lear is gesturing to a modification made to the jet-exhaust system.Typed caption on verso: "Grand Rapids, Michigan: William P. Lear, Chairman of…
Photograph of William P. Lear with a Lockheed Lodestar aircraft, circa January 1953. Lear is pointing to an exhaust covering on the engine cowling, one of the modifications made to increase the aircraft's efficiency.Typed caption on verso: "#8165-D…
Photograph of William P. Lear with a Lockheed Lodestar aircraft, circa January 1953. Lear is pointing to a Lear-actuated cowl flap on the engine cowling, one of the modifications made to increase the aircraft's efficiency.Typed caption on verso:…
Photograph of Robert Cummings waving from the cockpit of a McCulloch MC-4 helicopter (tail number N4071K) hovering near a Lear hangar, circa 1950s. William P. Lear is standing on the left. A Learstar aircraft (tail number N9991F) is visible in the…
Photograph of (from left to right) Jerry Colonna, Fred MacMurray, June Haver, Bob Hope, Wlliam P. Lear, and Moya O. Lear with a Lear Learstar aircraft, circa 1950s. Stamped on verso: "Hullibarger’s Photography, [address and telephone number in…
Photograph of (from left to right) Jerry Colonna, Fred MacMurray, June Haver, Bob Hope, and William P. Lear with a Lear Learstar aircraft, circa 1950s. Typed caption on verso: "Time out for a quick trip to Las Vegas with some Hollywood stars. (June…
Photograph of William P. Lear in the cockpit of a Lear Learstar aircraft, circa 1950s. Lear is using a Remington 60 Deluxe Shaver. The caption notes that Lear regularly shaves while the L-5 automatic pilot is engaged and that Remington 60 shavers are…