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Photograph of William P. Lear showing LIFE (Lear Integrated Flight Equipment) indicators to Herbert O. Fisher, circa 1950s. An unidentified Lear, Incorporated company aircraft is visible behind them. Typed caption on verso: "Automatic flight ---- W.…

Photograph of William P. Lear showing LIFE (Lear Integrated Flight Equipment) equipment to Herbert O. Fisher in the cockpit of an unidentified aircraft, circa 1958.Typed caption on verso: "Automatic flight ---- W. P. Lear, Chairman of the Board of…

Audio recording of a meeting between William P. Lear and Mr. Black regarding the LIFE (Lear Integrated Flight Equipment) system, Santa Monica, California, circa 1958. Handwritten label on reel: "Lear - Info. Advertising." Inscription on back of box:…

Items from Box 51, Folder 24 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, August 1958 - September 1959. Contains clippings, photographs, and assorted publicity documents related to the NAVCOM-100 and other Lear navigation products. Tina Lear is…

Rate Integrating Gyroscope made out of metal and steel. The object is cylindrical with a thick silver steel band around the center circumference. The base of the object is circular silver metal and small copper colored prongs. The main body of the…

Passport issued to William P. Lear by the United States government, July 21, 1959.

Items from Box 53, Folder 3 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, 1959-1961. Contains correspondence, a proposal, and photographs related to the Lear-Mitsubishi XLMU-1 executive transport aircraft. The captioned photographs depict William P.…

Commemorative medal designed with a bronze colored metal in a circular form. There is an image of a bird, rising sun, and the words "For flygteknisk garning" engraved in high relief on one side. The other side of the medal has a portrait of Enoch…

Photograph of William P. Lear (left) and Dr. William Randolph Lovelace (right) in the cockpit of the Lovelace Foundation's Beech 18 aircraft, Los Angeles Airport, California, April 1960. The caption notes that the aircraft is outfitted with Lear…

Photograph of William P. Lear (left) and Dr. William Randolph Lovelace (right) in the cockpit of the Lovelace Foundation's Beech 18 aircraft, Los Angeles Airport, California, April 1960. The caption notes that the aircraft is outfitted with Lear…