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Photograph of a shaft cutter test, December 10, 1980.Inscription on verso: "12/10/80 / ET / Shaft cutter test."

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

Photograph of the Lear Fan prototype at a Lear facility, Reno, Nevada, December 30, 1980. The caption notes that the aircraft is awaiting stress testing.Typed caption on verso: "For immediate release / December 30, 1980 / Photo Caption: / Prototype…

Photographic slide of Moya O. Lear addressing the crowd during the Lear Fan's first flight event, December 31, 1980 - January 1, 1981.

Photographic slide of a test pilot (in orange flight suit) addressing the crowd during the Lear Fan's first flight event, December 31, 1980 - January 1, 1981.

Aerial photograph of a Lear Fan 2100 aircraft and vehicles on a runway, taken during the Lear Fan's first flight event, December 31, 1980 - January 1, 1981.

Photographic slide of a Lear Fan 2100 aircraft (tail number N626BL) in flight, taken during the Lear Fan's first flight event, December 31, 1980 - January 1, 1981.

Photographic slide of Moya O. Lear speaking to news outlets during the Lear Fan's first flight event, December 31, 1980 - January 1, 1981.

Photographic slide of a crowd gathered around the Lear Fan 2100 aircraft (tail number N626BL) during the Lear Fan's first flight event, December 31, 1980 - January 1, 1981.

Photographic slide of a Lear Fan 2100 (right) and an unidentified aircraft in flight, taken during the Lear Fan's first flight event, December 31, 1980 - January 1, 1981.