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Photograph of the Lockheed-Sunnyvale 50 KVA System, circa 1960s-1970s. Typed caption: "Lockheed-Sunnyvale 50 KVA System / Shown during final run-in with thermal instrumentation connected to inverters. (Reflections on front panel caused by temporary…

Photograph of a Lear Jet Remote Status Alarm Module and a scale model of a Learjet aircraft, circa 1960s-1970s. Typed caption: "Remote Status Alarm Module -- Vandenberg AFB. / Delivered 5-69." Stamped on verso: "Lear Jet Photo."

Photographic slide of a Lear Jet Noise Suppressor installed on the engine of a Learjet 23 aircraft, circa 1960s-1970s.Inscription on slide mount: "Lear Jet Noise Suppressor / P-55."

Photographic slide of a Lear Jet Noise Suppressor, circa 1960s-1970s.Inscription on slide mount: "LJ Noise Suppressor."

Photograph of two men watching as William P. Lear jumps on a piece of windshield material to demonstrate its durability, circa 1960s.Inscription on verso: "WPL - 6LT01 / Lear Avia Archive / WPL jumping on Lear Jet windshield material to show…

Note from William P. Lear, circa 1960s. Expresses his thanks and appreciation "to each and every one of you" (likely referring to Lear Jet employees) for efforts related to Learjet 23 production. References the aircraft's first flight. One…

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.…

Photograph of a Learjet 23 aircraft (tail number N801L) during an early test flight, circa 1963.

Oblique aerial photograph of the Lear Jet plant in Wichita, Kansas, circa 1964. Six Learjet aircraft are parked in front of the buildings.

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]."