Browse Items (135 total)
- Collection: Series V - Lear Jet Corporation, 1960-1974, 1984-1989, 1991-1992, 1999, undated
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 65, Folder 8; Oversize Folder 8 - "Bacon Aircraft Co. and Santa Monica Airport land lease," 1965 September - 1966 November]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 65, Folder 8; Oversize Folder 8 - "Bacon Aircraft Co. and Santa Monica Airport land lease," 1965 September - 1966 November]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/9a91eae306a72ba673d5f33912055860.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 65, Folder 8; Oversize Folder 8 - "Bacon Aircraft Co. and Santa Monica Airport land lease," 1965 September - 1966 November]")
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…
[Learjet 23 aircraft during early test flight]
![[Learjet 23 aircraft during early test flight]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/68dfdf74d52f3ab3c74fbc02261e9f22.jpg "[Learjet 23 aircraft during early test flight]")
Photograph of a Learjet 23 aircraft (tail number N801L) during an early test flight, circa 1963.
[Learjet 23 aircraft undergoing assembly and testing]
![[Learjet 23 aircraft undergoing assembly and testing]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/9e73b7096e914391f8642a129b563a11.jpg "[Learjet 23 aircraft undergoing assembly and testing]")
Photograph of three Learjet 23 aircraft (one visible tail number: N801L) undergoing assembly and testing at the Lear Jet plant in Wichita, Kansas, circa 1963. Includes typed press release.Typed press release included with image: "For immediate…
[Aerial view of Lear Jet plant in Wichita, Kansas]
![[Aerial view of Lear Jet plant in Wichita, Kansas]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/1ad7afe26f1b3e7a31eddf9164d1c3e0.jpg "[Aerial view of Lear Jet plant in Wichita, Kansas]")
Oblique aerial photograph of the Lear Jet plant in Wichita, Kansas, circa 1964. Six Learjet aircraft are parked in front of the buildings.
[Learjet 23 aircraft by open hangar]
![[Learjet 23 aircraft by open hangar]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/b9dbc5fa89dd7df8ad81e214ecec0f9b.jpg "[Learjet 23 aircraft by open hangar]")
Photograph of a Learjet 23 aircraft (tail number N801L) by an open hangar, circa October 1963.Typed caption: "First flight of Lear Jet N801L and photograph of the jet as it emerged from the hanger [hangar]."Stamped on verso: "Please return to: Lear…
[Learjet 23 aircraft taking off]
![[Learjet 23 aircraft taking off]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/c92d52953b63e7df3de9da73c2de9460.jpg "[Learjet 23 aircraft taking off]")
Photograph of a Learjet 23 aircraft (tail number N801L) taking off, possibly during its first flight, circa October 1963.Stamped on verso: "Please return to: Lear Archive, [address and telephone number in Reno, Nevada]."
[Wayne Newton, William P. Lear, Moya O. Lear, and others next to Learjet aircraft]
![[Wayne Newton, William P. Lear, Moya O. Lear, and others next to Learjet aircraft]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/9fb38ec036a94720921dfdbf3d8cc130.jpg "[Wayne Newton, William P. Lear, Moya O. Lear, and others next to Learjet aircraft]")
Photograph of Wayne Newton (center), William P. Lear (second from left), Moya O. Lear (left), and others next to a Learjet aircraft, Detroit, Michigan, June 1965.Typed caption on verso: "Recording artist Wayne Newton and associates, ride in Lear Jet.…
[Learjet 24 aircraft at Lear Jet facility following record-setting around-the-world flight]
![[Learjet 24 aircraft at Lear Jet facility following record-setting around-the-world flight]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/dacd66780f1504208ca1c30859d97b53.jpg "[Learjet 24 aircraft at Lear Jet facility following record-setting around-the-world flight]")
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…
[Learjet 23 prototype undergoing assembly]
![[Learjet 23 prototype undergoing assembly]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/c87091c13fd632ef156b6309414b47bf.jpg "[Learjet 23 prototype undergoing assembly]")
Photograph of the Learjet 23 prototype undergoing assembly at the Lear Let plant in Wichita, Kansas, circa 1963.Stamped on verso: "Sep. 6, 1963."
[Learjet 23 prototype undergoing fuel tests]
![[Learjet 23 prototype undergoing fuel tests]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/7622f18869e0541c656ba468c4d61ec2.jpg "[Learjet 23 prototype undergoing fuel tests]")
Photograph of the Learjet 23 prototype undergoing fuel tests at the Lear Let plant in Wichita, Kansas, circa 1963.Inscription on verso: "Fuel tests."Stamped on verso: "Sep. 6, 1963."