Photograph of (from left to right) Ward Davis, Herbert O. Fisher, and William P. Lear with a Port Authority Bell 47 helicopter, New York City, New York, July 24, 1953. The Empire State Building is visible in the background.Typed caption on verso:…
Photograph of (from left to right) James V. Piersol, William P. Lear, and Jorge Lopez looking at Lear instruments installed in a Morane-Saulnier M.S.760A Paris aircraft, circa 1950s-1960s. The caption notes that the aircraft is owned by the Timken…
Photograph of William P. Lear waving from the cockpit of a Morane-Saulnier M.S.760A Paris aircraft (tail number N760H), Santa Monica Municipal Airport, California, circa 1950s-1960s. An unidentified man is seated behind Lear. The caption notes that…
Photograph of a Beech Bonanza instrument panel outfitted with Lear VHF Omnimatic navigating equipment and a Lear Orienter, circa 1950s-1960s.Typed caption: "Installation of Lear Orienter and Lear VHF Omnimatic navigating equipment in Bonanza Panel.…
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…
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.…
Photographic transparency of the Lear Learstar aircraft during its first flight, May 1954. The aircraft is in low flight over an airfield with a city skyline in the distance.
Photographic transparency of William P. Lear, Moya O. Lear, and an unidentified man at an airfield during the first flight of the Lear Learstar aircraft, May 1954.