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[Film footage of remote-controlled model of Lear Fan 2100 (Part 3 of 3)]
Film footage of a remote-controlled model of the Lear Fan 2100, circa 1970s-1980s. The footage opens with a shot of the Lear Fan model on a table, with several individuals standing nearby. An unidentified man then launches the model. The rest of the…

[Film footage of remote-controlled model of Lear Fan 2100 (Part 2 of 3)]
Film footage of a remote-controlled model of the Lear Fan 2100, circa 1970s-1980s. The footage begins with an unidentified man prepping the engine and then launching the model. The rest of the footage is comprised of short scenes showing the Lear Fan…

[Film footage of remote-controlled model of Lear Fan 2100 (Part 1 of 3)]
Film footage of a remote-controlled model of the Lear Fan 2100, circa 1970s-1980s. The footage begins with an unidentified man prepping the engine and then launching the model. The rest of the film is comprised of short scenes showing the Lear Fan in…

Why a Lear Fan? / The Philosophy of a Purchase [promotional letter]
Promotional letter for the Lear Fan aircraft, circa 1978. Six typed pages.

Proposal for a new, wide-body jet-fan commuter/executive plane - Lear Fan 3100
Proposal for the Lear Fan 3100 aircraft, prepared by I. J. Gilchrist and Bill Murphy of LearAvia, circa 1981. 56 pages.

[Letter to Moya Olsen Lear from J. Sheldon "Torch" Lewis, May 12, 1981]
Letter to Moya Olsen Lear from J. Sheldon "Torch" Lewis, Vice President of Sales, Lear Fan Limited, May 12, 1981. Provides update on Lear Fan progress. Two typed pages on Lear Fan stationery.

E-001 1st run [checklist]
Checklist (photocopy) for the first run of the Lear Fan 2100 E-001 aircraft(N626BL), December 25, 1980.

[Engineering reports for Lear Fan Model 2100]
Engineering reports for the Lear Fan Model 2100, May 1, 1979. 52 pages.

Lear Fan project [proposal prepared by Quadrant Associates]
Project proposal prepared by Quadrant Associates regarding manufacturing licenses for the Lear Fan aircraft, February 1979. 18 typed pages.

Testimony before the Senate Sub-committee on Science, Technology and Space
Transcript of a testimony given by James W. Mar, Hunsaker Professor Aerospace Education, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, about the NASA Large Composite Primary Aircraft Structures Program, March 10,…
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