Browse Items (143 total)
- Collection: Series III - Lear, Incorporated, 1930-1965, 1999, undated
[Lear 3-axis servo unit]
![[Lear 3-axis servo unit]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/66ac0ba57e179bda3a2e27b5897c2e0f.jpg "[Lear 3-axis servo unit]")
Photograph of a Lear 3-axis servo unit, circa 1940s-1950s.
Typed caption: "One of the first 3-axis servo units."
[Display for Lear F-5 autopilot]
![[Display for Lear F-5 autopilot]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/a2dc5e4bb0764181dfe997be26078bb9.jpg "[Display for Lear F-5 autopilot]")
Photograph of a display for the Lear F-5 autopilot, showing various components, circa 1940s-1950s. Typed caption on verso: "The F-5 Autopilot was developed by Bill Lear in the 1940's for which he was awarded the Collier Trophy. Pictured clockwise are…
[William P. Lear and Lear, Incorporated scientist discussing circuit diagram]
![[William P. Lear and Lear, Incorporated scientist discussing circuit diagram]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/8d9a8a10c8d7f01cc2b2828950ef9515.jpg "[William P. Lear and Lear, Incorporated scientist discussing circuit diagram]")
Photograph of William P. Lear (left) and a Lear, Incorporated scientist discussing a circuit diagram, circa 1940s-1950s.Typed caption on verso: "No deskbound executive, W. P. Lear, Chairman of the Board Lear, Inc., works directly with his company…
[William P. Lear and employees looking at airborne radio equipment]
![[William P. Lear and employees looking at airborne radio equipment]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/0f38fe29052fdc41bf364ab42926ef0b.jpg "[William P. Lear and employees looking at airborne radio equipment]")
Photograph of William P. Lear (right) and two Lear, Incorporated employees looking at airborne radio equipment, circa 1940s-1950s.Typed caption on verso: "William P. Lear, Chairman of the Board, Lear, Inc., consults with members of his technical…
[William P. Lear looking out cockpit window of Beech 18 aircraft]
![[William P. Lear looking out cockpit window of Beech 18 aircraft]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/a445aca215b29e4ee824bbb1d65e691b.jpg "[William P. Lear looking out cockpit window of Beech 18 aircraft]")
Photograph of William P. Lear looking out the cockpit window of a Lear, Incorporated company Beech 18 aircraft, circa 1940s-1960s. The text on the fuselage reads: "Lear / Installation and Flight Test Div."
Stamped on verso: "Please return to: Lear…
[William P. Lear, Eartha Kitt, and unidentified man with Beech 18 aircraft]
![[William P. Lear, Eartha Kitt, and unidentified man with Beech 18 aircraft]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/eb6b67be3fb991689053af072893e666.jpg "[William P. Lear, Eartha Kitt, and unidentified man with Beech 18 aircraft]")
Photograph of (right to left) William P. Lear, Eartha Kitt, and an unidentified man with a Lear, Incorporated company Beech 18 aircraft, circa 1940s-1960s.
Inscription on verso: "Eartha Kitt, WPL."
Stamped on verso: "Actualités Éclair Continental,…
[Instrument panel outfitted with Learadio equipment]
![[Instrument panel outfitted with Learadio equipment]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/1ea5b73ef177cfa81bad2fd15bb297b5.jpg "[Instrument panel outfitted with Learadio equipment]")
Photograph of an instrument panel outfitted with Learadio equipment, circa 1940s-1960s. Several of the instruments are labeled.Caption: "NA-44. Learadio equipment installation. Rear cockpit. Direction indicator. Transmitter power supply - Type…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 43, Folder 9 - RCA -- license agreement, 1944 November - 1945 April]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 43, Folder 9 - RCA -- license agreement, 1944 November - 1945 April]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/2e3c9a17a49fb1fa1d84ddcb4ea232a6.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 43, Folder 9 - RCA -- license agreement, 1944 November - 1945 April]")
Items from Box 43, Folder 9 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, November 1944 - April 1945. Contains documents related to a license agreement between the Radio Corporation of American (RCA) and Lear, Incorporated. Seven total documents.
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 50, Folder 10 - Assorted products -- ad copy and brochures, 1944-1945]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 50, Folder 10 - Assorted products -- ad copy and brochures, 1944-1945]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/afe80a10a7aeab41c046003df92978bd.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 50, Folder 10 - Assorted products -- ad copy and brochures, 1944-1945]")
Items from Box 50, Folder 10 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, circa 1944-1945. Contains advertisements, articles, and publicity documents promoting Lear, Incorporated and its products. 11 total documents.
[Brochure for Lear L-2 autopilot]
![[Brochure for Lear L-2 autopilot]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/d035dd0fcb4e5efa2cd946cdf4f15f3d.jpg "[Brochure for Lear L-2 autopilot]")
Brochure for the Lear L-2 autopilot, circa 1944-1962. 23 pages.