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Photograph of William P. Lear with a hovering Hughes TH-55A helicopter (number N80P), Los Angeles International Airport, California, April 1960. Lear is holding on to the helicopter's skid. Dr. William Randolph Lovelace and A. Scott Crossfield are…

Photograph of (from left to right) Dr. William Randolph Lovelace, A. Scott Crossfield, and William P. Lear with a Hughes TH-55A helicopter (number N80P), Los Angeles International Airport, California, April 1960.Typed caption on verso: "Dr. W.…

Photograph of (from left to right) Bill Barry, William P. Lear, A. Scott Crossfield, and Dr. William Randolph Lovelace looking at a drawing of an aircraft, Los Angeles Airport, California, April 1960. An unidentified man is standing partly behind…

Audio recording of business letters and statements dictated by William P. Lear, circa May 1960.

Audio recording of letters dictated by William P. Lear, Geneva, Switzerland, circa May 1960. Handwritten label on reel: "Letters for dictation."

Audio recording of letters dictated by William P. Lear, Geneva, Switzerland, circa May 1960.

Audio recording of letters dictated by William P. Lear, Geneva, Switzerland, circa June 1960. Handwritten label on reel: "Letters for dictation. WPL."

Audio recording of letters dictated by William P. Lear and Moya O. Lear, Geneva, Switzerland, circa June 1960. Handwritten label on reel: "Letters for dictation. WPL."

Photograph of General Martial Valin (left) and Julien Tardieu (right) presenting William P. Lear with the Great Silver Medal of Paris, Paris, France, October 1960. A typed press release is attached to the verso.

Framed certificate announcing that William P. Lear was awarded the Silver Medal of Paris, October 3, 1960. A circular metal relief of the city of Paris is embedded in blue felt above the inset certificate, which is in French. A hanging wire is…