Browse Items (91 total)
- Collection: Subseries III-E - Photographs, circa 1944-1962, undated
[William P. Lear with Lockheed Lodestar aircraft]
![[William P. Lear with Lockheed Lodestar aircraft]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/d85bc01a87e58850bb8a4f25d057682e.jpg "[William P. Lear with Lockheed Lodestar aircraft]")
Photograph of William P. Lear with a Lockheed Lodestar aircraft, circa January 1953. Lear is pointing to a Lear-actuated cowl flap on the engine cowling, one of the modifications made to increase the aircraft's efficiency.Typed caption on verso:…
[William P. Lear with Lockheed Lodestar aircraft]
![[William P. Lear with Lockheed Lodestar aircraft]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/5e8d15ed9004b5ab87d42f48e3e2a91b.jpg "[William P. Lear with Lockheed Lodestar aircraft]")
Photograph of William P. Lear with a Lockheed Lodestar aircraft, circa January 1953. Lear is pointing to an exhaust covering on the engine cowling, one of the modifications made to increase the aircraft's efficiency.Typed caption on verso: "#8165-D…
[William P. Lear looking at engine of Lockheed Lodestar aircraft]
![[William P. Lear looking at engine of Lockheed Lodestar aircraft]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/b441c8ffc6a908122d7d3322fabfe7a8.jpg "[William P. Lear looking at engine of Lockheed Lodestar aircraft]")
Photograph of William P. Lear looking at the engine of a Lockheed Lodestar aircraft, circa January 1953. Lear is gesturing to a modification made to the jet-exhaust system.Typed caption on verso: "Grand Rapids, Michigan: William P. Lear, Chairman of…
[Ward Davis, Herbert O. Fisher, and William P. Lear with Port Authority Bell 47 helicopter]
![[Ward Davis, Herbert O. Fisher, and William P. Lear with Port Authority Bell 47 helicopter]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/8489b264fdc86bc6da965876c16bc2fe.jpg "[Ward Davis, Herbert O. Fisher, and William P. Lear with Port Authority Bell 47 helicopter]")
Photograph of (from left to right) Ward Davis, Herbert O. Fisher, and William P. Lear with a Port Authority Bell 47 helicopter, New York City, New York, July 24, 1953. The Empire State Building is visible in the background.Typed caption on verso:…
[William P. Lear, Robert Cummings, and William Lear Jr. in Lockheed C-69 Constellation aircraft]
![[William P. Lear, Robert Cummings, and William Lear Jr. in Lockheed C-69 Constellation aircraft]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/abc87d516159f818302c93608d9c1cc3.jpg "[William P. Lear, Robert Cummings, and William Lear Jr. in Lockheed C-69 Constellation aircraft]")
Photograph of (from left to right) William P. Lear, Robert Cummings, and William Lear Jr. in the cockpit of a Lockheed C-69 Constellation aircraft, Santa Monica, California, circa 1953-1956. The caption notes that a Lear autopilot is visible to the…
[Lear Learstar aircraft during its first flight]
![[Lear Learstar aircraft during its first flight]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/e868dd6d59de88ad621f38ce6f406422.jpg "[Lear Learstar aircraft during its first flight]")
Photographic transparency of the Lear Learstar aircraft during its first flight, May 1954. The aircraft is in low flight over an airfield with a city skyline in the distance.
[William P. Lear, Moya O. Lear, and unidentified man at airfield]
![[William P. Lear, Moya O. Lear, and unidentified man at airfield]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/58a7c56bab197cf56ef3f76ea5862ed4.jpg "[William P. Lear, Moya O. Lear, and unidentified man at airfield]")
Photographic transparency of William P. Lear, Moya O. Lear, and an unidentified man at an airfield during the first flight of the Lear Learstar aircraft, May 1954.
[Douglas DC-3 aircraft]
![[Douglas DC-3 aircraft]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/4340466f9391d32d07eb8971c5b14d01.jpg "[Douglas DC-3 aircraft]")
Photographic transparency of a Douglas DC-3 aircraft, May 1954. The photo was taken on or near the day of the Lear Learstar's first flight.
[William P. Lear and unidentified men with Lear Learstar aircraft]
![[William P. Lear and unidentified men with Lear Learstar aircraft]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/1ae78bfb86a5db8f59b303d8938109c8.jpg "[William P. Lear and unidentified men with Lear Learstar aircraft]")
Photographic transparency of William P. Lear (left) and two unidentified men with the Lear Learstar aircraft, May 1954. The photo was taken on or near the day of the Learstar's first flight.
[William P. Lear and others with Lear Learstar aircraft]
![[William P. Lear and others with Lear Learstar aircraft]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/b913b24a57a0ebd7a5ad3a5b68bf0d2b.jpg "[William P. Lear and others with Lear Learstar aircraft]")
Photographic transparency of William P. Lear (second from right) and six unidentified men with the Lear Learstar aircraft, May 1954. The photo was taken on or near the day of the Learstar's first flight.