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.…
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…
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 a Lear service recognition banquet, Grand Rapids, Michigan, November 29, 1960.
Typed label on reel: "Lear service recognition banquet. Grand Rapids Civic Auditorium. Nov. 29, 1960. [illegible]. Original. Recorded at 7.5 IPS. Half…
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…
Photograph of a Lear, Incorporated company hangar, Santa Monica, California, circa 1960s-1980s. An unidentified aircraft is parked on the right and a fuselage is partially visible inside the hangar.
Inscription on verso: "Santa Monica."
Stamped on…
Items from Box 49, Folder 15; Box 206, Folder 2; and Oversize Folder 8 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, March to May 1961. Contains plot plans, maps, and other documents related to a Lear, Incorporated plant addition. Seven total items.