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Testimony before the Senate Sub-committee on Science, Technology and Space
Transcript of a testimony given by James W. Mar, Hunsaker Professor Aerospace Education, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, about the NASA Large Composite Primary Aircraft Structures Program, March 10,…

[First flight cover for Lear Fan aircraft]
First flight cover for the Lear Fan aircraft, postmarked December 32, 1980 [i.e., January 1, 1981].

Proposal for a new, wide-body jet-fan commuter/executive plane - Lear Fan 3100
Proposal for the Lear Fan 3100 aircraft, prepared by I. J. Gilchrist and Bill Murphy of LearAvia, circa 1981. 56 pages.

[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 146, Folder 1 - Congratulatory correspondence regarding first flight of E-001 (N626BL), 1981 January - February]
Items from Box 146, Folder 1 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, January - February 1981. Contains congratulatory correspondences and photographs regarding the first flight of the Lear Fan E-001 (N626BL). 54 total items.

[Moya O. Lear and others with Lear Fan aircraft]
Photograph of Moya O. Lear (center) with Dennis Newton, Hank Beaird, John Penney, and an unidentified man in front of a Lear Fan aircraft, circa 1980s. Inscription on verso: "Dennis Newton / Hank Beaird / MOL / John Penney."

[FAA employees inspecting Lear Fan model in wind tunnel]
Photograph of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees inspecting a Lear Fan model in a wind tunnel, circa 1980s.Inscription on verso: "3-6 / F.A.A. team inspection."

[Man working on Lear Fan model]
Photograph of a man working on a Lear Fan model, circa 1980s.Inscription on verso: "1 - / Trip strip installation."

[Man working on Lear Fan model]
Photograph of a man working on a Lear Fan model, circa 1980s.Inscription on verso: "1 - / Clay installation."

[Lear Fan model on workbench]
Photograph of a Lear Fan model on a workbench, Reno, Nevada, 1980s.Inscription on verso: "1 - / Model prep / Reno."

[Lear Fan model undergoing wind tunnel test]
Photograph of a Lear Fan model undergoing a wind tunnel test, circa 1980s.
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