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Photographic slide of a Lear Jet Noise Suppressor, circa 1960s-1970s.Inscription on slide mount: "LJ Noise Suppressor."

Photograph of (from left to right) Jim Brown, William P. Lear, and an unidentified man with a U.S. Air Force Lockheed F-94 Starfire aircraft (tail number 92486), circa 1949. Brown and Lear are wearing flight suits and holding helmets. Lear's helmet…

Photograph of (from left to right) John Glenn, Moya O. Lear, William P. Lear, and Carole Chandler with an unidentified aircraft, circa 1950s-1970s.Inscription on verso: "Carole Chandler / John Glenn /MOL & WPL."

Engineering notebook kept by Lear employee John J. Burzynski, circa 1976-1977. Contains dated entries, notes, and diagrams. 133 handwritten pages.

Photograph of a Lear 3-axis servo unit, circa 1940s-1950s. Typed caption: "One of the first 3-axis servo units."

Photograph of a Lear AFC-70 autopilot, circa 1971-1976.

Composite photograph featuring four images of the Lear AFC-70 autopilot, circa 1971-1976. The images show the interior components, as well as the fully assembled unit.Caption: "Lear Automatic Flight Control / AFC-70."

Photographic slide of a Lear AFC-70 autopilot, circa 1971-1976.

Photograph of two Lear Avionics engineers working in a lab, circa 1960s.Typed caption on verso: "Avionics Service Engineers' equipment, as shown in this view of the modern shop, permits fast, accurate analysis of autopilot malfunctions."

Photograph of a Lear C-2A autopilot, circa 1940s-1950s. Typed caption: "The C-2A - greatly improved original autopilot."