Photograph of the Lear Jet Board of Directors seated at a table, August 4, 1965. From left to right: A. Gilmore Flues, David Van Alstyne Jr., Moya O. Lear, William P. Lear, Elroy McCaw, Daniel Sargent, and Harold Boyer.Inscription on verso: "L to R -…
Photograph of (from left to right) Moya O. Lear, Kansas Governor William H. Avery, W. L. Landers and Bill Sipprell at a Lear Jet facility, August 12, 1965. Typed caption on verso: "Governor W. H. Avery visits Lear Jet. From left: Mrs. Moya Lear; Gov.…
Items from Box 65, Folder 8 and Oversize Folder 8 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, September 1965 through November 1966. Contains correspondence related to a deal between William P. Lear and the Bacon Aircraft Company, and maps related…
Items from Box 83, Folder 6 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, circa 1965-1966. Contains a full-color brochure and an estimated cost of operation report related to the Learjet 24 aircraft. Two total items.
Audio recording of a "Paul Harvey News" episode that mentions William P. Lear and the Learjet, February 1966.
Text on label: "Paul Harvey News 'KAKE Radio.' Broadcast: Feb. 2nd, 1966."
Photograph of (from left to right) William P. Lear, Dr. Forrest Bird, and Danny Kaye with a Learjet aircraft (tail number N1001A), March 13, 1966.Inscription: "'Thanks Bill' / for a memorable day in your 'impeccable accomplishment' FAA type rating…
Photograph of Richard M. Nixon near the open door of a Learjet 20 aircraft, May 11, 1966. A person out-of-frame holds a microphone towards Nixon.Typed caption on verso: "Richard M. Nixon flies in Lear Jet from Los Angles [Angeles] to Wichita, May 11,…
Photograph of a Learjet 24 aircraft (N247LJ) at the Lear Jet facility following its record-setting around-the-world flight, Wichita, Kansas, May 26, 1966. A crowd is gathered around the aircraft and several other Lear Jet aircraft are visible in the…
Photograph of Art Linkletter (right) and Danny Kaye (left) shaking hands at a Lear Jet facility, July 12, 1966. Jim Greenwood, Devon Francis, and an unidentified man are in the background. Two scale models of Learjets are in the…
Items from Box 72, Folder 1 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, April 1967. Contains a letter and typed agreement related to William P. Lear's sale of Lear Jet Industries stock to the Gates Rubber Company. Two total documents and original…