Photograph of a Learmatic navigator, circa 1940s.Inscription: "Learmatic navigator combining directional gyro with adjustable [illegible] and automatic and/or manual loop [rotator?]."
Photograph of a man using a Learadio portable marker transmitter in an open field, circa 1931-1939.Inscription: "First completely portable outer or inner marker transmitter for radio compass [illegible]."
Photograph of a Model L Lear-o-Scope and loop antenna, circa 1936-1939. The verso inscription, which was written by William P. Lear, describes the device and its development.Inscription on verso: "Note left crank changed bands and moved mash on dial…
Photograph of various components for a Learadio T30R3 installation, circa 1931-1939. The verso caption describes the problems and capabilities of the trailing antenna.Typed caption on verso: "G. Shows a complete set of equipment for a T30R3…
Items from Box 1, Folder 15 and Box 209, Folder 1 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, June 1935 to November 1944. Contains drafts, notes, and technical drawings for the radio guidance system and blind approach system (WPL/30-1) patent.…
Items from Box 15, Folder 3; Box 209, Folder 2; and Oversize Folder 3 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, December 1939 to October 1942. Contains patent applications and technical drawings created by William P. Lear for the radio apparatus…
Items from Box 16, Folder 19 and Box 205, Folder 3 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, December 1940 to January 1941. Contains an engineering report, diagrams, and notes for the Lear-Lorch quad corrector. Four total items and original…
Items from Box 17, Folder 1 and Box 209, Folder 2 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, circa 1940. Contains patent applications, technical drawings, notes, and photographs related to the directional radio system. Many of the documents were…