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Pin, Lapel/Lear Fan Lapel Pin
Lear Fan lapel pin with butterfly clutch back. The pin is broken; the plane has broken loose from main part.

Scarf/Lear Fan First Flight
Lear Fan square scarf of red, white and blue, with Lear Fan X of blue, red, and green. Scarf is polyester with white background, red border and allover Lear Fan print, likely given out at first flight event. Made by Frankie Welch.

Tile/LearAvia Product Sample Tile
Black ERM graphite laminate tile. Two pieces of tape and black marker text are present on front of tile. It is accompanied by a letter to Richard R. Tracy, LearAvia Corporation, from A. Lawrence Cobb, Composite Technology Corporation, March 9, 1979.…

Card, Identification/Lear Fan Placard
Blue plastic placard with white engraved text: "Come fly with Bill Lear in his new Lear Fan." The words "Bill Lear" are curved upwards as if a plane is taking off.

Trophy/Western Plastics Exposition, Jupiter Award, Design Excellence, Lear Fan
Trophy awarded to William P. Lear at the Western Plastics Exposition, 1979. Clear acrylic tower with black engraved metal base. Engraved on front: "WPE / Western Plastics Exposition / Jupiter Award for Design Excellence / 1979 / For the design of…

Trophy/To Moya Lear from the Employees of Newtownabbey, Lear Fan
Trophy given to Moya Lear by Lear Fan employees in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, Christmas 1981. Crystal top depicts an etching of the first Lear Fan (N626BL) and is mounted to a dark acrylic base with an engraved metal plate. Engraved text:…

Plaque/Lear Fan Slogans and Logo
Wood plaque with engraved Lear Fan logo and maxims. The Lear Fan logo is at the center. The maxims from top left to bottom right read: "Too soon is just right," "Don't tell me it can't be done," and "Always deal from strength - never from weakness."…

Plaque/National Society of Professional Engineers, Lear Fan, 1983
Plaque awarded to the Lear Fan by the National Society of Professional Engineers, January 1983. A framed engraved brass plate with a shield relief above an inscription is mounted to blue felt background. Text: "The National Society of Professional…

Plaque/National Society of Professional Engineers, Lear Fan, 1983
Recognition plaque for the Lear Fan from the National Society of Professional Engineers, January 1983. Includes metal hardware on back.Printed on front: "The National Society of Professional Engineers recognizes the Lear Fan, Reno, Nevada, as one of…

Plaque/Plastics World Design Award, Lear Fan, 1982
First place award given to Lear Fan by Plastics World, 1992. Includes "Plastics / The Better Way" medal in Lucite mounted on front. Text: "First place - Transportation / LEAR FAN / PLASTICS WORLD / 1982 Design Award."
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