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Photograph of a Northrop XB-35 aircraft in flight, circa 1946-1949.

Photograph of a Northrop XB-35 aircraft (wing number 213603), circa 1946-1949.

Photograph of a U.S. Air Force Northrop N-9M Flying Wing aircraft, circa 1940s.

Photograph of a Hughes XF-11/R-11 aircraft, circa 1940s.

Photograph of a U.S. Air Rescue Service Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft at an airfield, circa 1940s-1950s. Another aircraft is visible in the foreground.

Photograph of a Northrop P-61 Black Widow aircraft in flight, circa 1940s-1950s.

Plaque given to Moya Olsen Lear by Travis Air Force Base, December 10, 1986.Text: "Travis AFB / Company Grade Officers / Bestow the honorary grade of / Captain / to / Moya Lear / 10 Dec 1986."

Promotional film for Lear, Incorporated, produced by Norman Wright Productions (Hollywood, California) and narrated by Bob Cummings, circa 1960s. The footage opens with a dramatization of an astronaut piloting a futuristic spacecraft on a deep-space…

Photocopied telegram from Colonel David C. Schilling, U.S. Air Force, to William P. Lear, circa 1952. Congratulates Lear on the performance of the F-5 autopilot. Includes a photocopied article from the June 28, 1952 issue of "Newsweek," describing a…

Photograph of William P. Lear holding a gyro unit while standing in front of a U.S. Air Force North American F-86D Sabre aircraft, circa 1950s.Stamped on verso: "Please return to: Lear Archive, [address in Reno, Nevada]."