Browse Items (12 total)
- Collection: Subseries II-F - Publicity materials, circa 1939-1945
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 34; Box 200, Folder 3 - Assorted ad sheets and brochures for various Lear Avia products [RM files], undated (circa 1939-1944)]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 34; Box 200, Folder 3 - Assorted ad sheets and brochures for various Lear Avia products [RM files], undated (circa 1939-1944)]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/b7ffbe8a9970182a89dff4db1247c004.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 34; Box 200, Folder 3 - Assorted ad sheets and brochures for various Lear Avia products [RM files], undated (circa 1939-1944)]")
Items from Box 27, Folder 34 and Box 200, Folder 3 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, circa 1939-1944. Contains assorted ad sheets and brochures for various Lear Avia products. 18 total items.
Learadio notes on direction finding!
Notes written by William P. Lear about the utility of automatic direction finders, circa 1940. Describes a flight from New York to Dayon, Ohio in Lear's Waco aircraft and how a Lear ADF-8 helped him navigate despite static from a thunderstorm.…
[Betsy Ross using Learadio portable receiver]
![[Betsy Ross using Learadio portable receiver]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/b1673b1cd30afff6e00dc51cbe191af9.jpg "[Betsy Ross using Learadio portable receiver]")
Photograph of pilot Betsy Ross using a Learadio portable receiver in the cockpit of her Taylorcraft aircraft, August 20, 1940. An accompanying press release describes Ross's recent flight from Harrisburg Pennsylvania State Airport, noted as the first…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 7 - Learmatic gyromatic navigator, 1940 December]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 7 - Learmatic gyromatic navigator, 1940 December]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/0a6ea6a87982a0bfa974f2c7cac5e361.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 7 - Learmatic gyromatic navigator, 1940 December]")
Items from Box 27, Folder 7 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, December 1940. Contains two clippings and a press release related to William P. Lear's receipt of the Frank Hawks Memorial Trophy for developing the Learmatic gyromatic…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 4; Box 207, Folder 2 - Product "pitch" letters and price lists, 1940 September - 1941 May]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 4; Box 207, Folder 2 - Product "pitch" letters and price lists, 1940 September - 1941 May]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/e4600ebe887b11b02f9cd8e78fa9e8f2.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 4; Box 207, Folder 2 - Product "pitch" letters and price lists, 1940 September - 1941 May]")
Items from Box 27, Folder 4 and Box 207, Folder 2 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, September 1940 through May 1941. Contains product "pitch" letters, diagrams, technical drawings, brochures, and price lists related to Lear products. 26…
[Sydney Nesbitt presenting Learadio Model APR-A portable receiver to Katherine Rawls Thompson]
![[Sydney Nesbitt presenting Learadio Model APR-A portable receiver to Katherine Rawls Thompson]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/191f336325b3bdfde0a3bb9134278b9a.jpg "[Sydney Nesbitt presenting Learadio Model APR-A portable receiver to Katherine Rawls Thompson]")
Photograph of Sydney Nesbitt (left) presenting a Learadio Model APR-A portable receiver to Katherine Rawls Thompson, winner of the Alcazar Trophy Race, Miami, Florida, January 1941. An unidentified U.S. Marine Corps serviceman stands in the…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 14; Box 200, Folder 2 - "Complete Learadio Workshop on Wheels in operation by Lear Avia in California" [RM files], 1941 February 6]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 14; Box 200, Folder 2 - "Complete Learadio Workshop on Wheels in operation by Lear Avia in California" [RM files], 1941 February 6]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/4deacf4e93f7228c2c8daac02dbf95c0.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 14; Box 200, Folder 2 - "Complete Learadio Workshop on Wheels in operation by Lear Avia in California" [RM files], 1941 February 6]")
Items from Box 27, Folder 14 and Box 200, Folder 2 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, February 6, 1941. Contains a press release, photographs, and a poster related to Lear Avia's "Complete Learadio Workshop on Wheels." Five total items.
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 16 - "Miriam Johnson pilots British American Ambulance Corps Learadio-equipped WACO on 3 month tour of US," 1941 February 24]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 16 - "Miriam Johnson pilots British American Ambulance Corps Learadio-equipped WACO on 3 month tour of US," 1941 February 24]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/b9afea423013a972d0f5768399237806.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 16 - "Miriam Johnson pilots British American Ambulance Corps Learadio-equipped WACO on 3 month tour of US," 1941 February 24]")
Items from Box 27, Folder 16 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, February 24, 1941. Contains a Lear Avia Corporation press release and photograph related to a British American Ambulance Corps (BAAC) flying tour, carried out by pilot Miriam…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 21 - "Miss Dickey Meyer joins Lear Avia as press liaison," 1941 April 2]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 21 - "Miss Dickey Meyer joins Lear Avia as press liaison," 1941 April 2]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/4c8986cd792d581a8adb0ee8c617bbfe.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 21 - "Miss Dickey Meyer joins Lear Avia as press liaison," 1941 April 2]")
Items from Box 27, Folder 21 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, April 2, 1941. Contains a Lear Avia Corporation press release and photograph related to the hiring of Dickey Meyer as a press liaison. The photograph depicts Meyer in a flight…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 23 - Captured Me109 radio equipment evaluation by WPL, 1941 July 24]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 23 - Captured Me109 radio equipment evaluation by WPL, 1941 July 24]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/db631e0c4c1f3dde0d78d60d09cbef7a.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 23 - Captured Me109 radio equipment evaluation by WPL, 1941 July 24]")
Items from Box 27, Folder 23 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, July 24, 1941. Contains a press release and eight captioned photographs related to William P. Lear's evaluation of German radio equipment taken from a captured Messerschmitt…