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Photograph of people working with machines in a flight test lab, likely at a Lear Jet facility, circa 1960s. Inscription on verso: "Electronics lab / Flight test lab."

Photograph of a Learjet 23 aircraft (tail number N802L) taking off for its first flight, Wichita, Kansas, October 7, 1963.Inscription on verso: "Learjet (N802L) / First flight / Oct. 7, 1963 (1750) / Wichita, Kansas / 23-002."Accompanying note with…

Photograph of the William P. Lear and Moya O. Lear with scale models of the Learjet Lear Liner, circa 1960s. The caption notes that this photo was taken during the launch of the Lear Liner program. Inscription: "Last drinks until Lear Liner flies -…

Photograph of a scale model of the Learjet Lear Liner (tail number N711LL), circa 1960s.

Photograph of Frank Sinatra and William P. Lear with a Learjet 24A aircraft (N175FS), June 17, 1965. Pilot Don Lieto is visible in the cockpit window.Typed caption on verso: "Delivery of Lear Jet No. 31 to Don Lieto, of Frank Sinatra Enterprises, by…

Photograph of Bob Cummings in the cockpit of a Learjet aircraft, July 26, 1965. Typed caption on verso: "Bob Cummings visits Lear Jet. / July 26, 1965."

Photograph of employees working at drafting tables in a Lear Jet facility, circa 1960s.

Photograph of two Lear Avionics engineers working in a lab, circa 1960s.Typed caption on verso: "Avionics Service Engineers' equipment, as shown in this view of the modern shop, permits fast, accurate analysis of autopilot malfunctions."

Photograph of a Cal-State Air Lines Handley Page H.P.137 Jetstream aircraft (tail number N12224) and a Learjet 25 aircraft (tail number N695LJ) in a hangar, circa 1960s.

Photograph of employees working in a Lear Jet facility, circa 1960s.