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[Learjet 23 prototype undergoing fuselage side-bending test]
Photograph of the Learjet 23 prototype undergoing a fuselage side-bending test, February 25, 1964.Text on sign: "Fuselage side bending static test / 0% ultimate / 25 Feb. 1964."Inscription on verso: "T58-4A / 2-25-64."

[Hank Beaird and Dave Brown seated in cockpit of Learjet 23 aircraft]
Photograph of Hank Beaird and Dave Brown seated in the cockpit of a Learjet 23 aircraft (tail number N801L), February 28, 1964. Inscription: "PR-113[C or G?] / 2-28-64." Inscription on verso: "N801L / Hank Beaird / Dave Brown (AV Week) / 2/28/64."

[Test fuselage of Learjet 23 prototype]
Photograph of the test fuselage of the Learjet 23 prototype at a Lear facility, February 29, 1964.Inscription on verso: "Overall shot of test fuselage / 2-29-64."

[First flight preparations of Learjet 23 aircraft]
Photographic contact sheet containing three images related to first flight preparations of the Learjet 23 aircraft (tail number N802L), March 1964. Images 1 and 2 (left and top right) show a man fueling up the aircraft. Image 3 (bottom right) shows a…

[People with Learjet 23 aircraft]
Photographic contact sheet containing four images of people with a Learjet 23 aircraft, March 5, 1964. The first image (top left) shows men looking at a Learjet wing outfitted with testing tufts. The second image (top right) shows men inside the…

[Men conducting tests on Learjet 23 prototype]
Photograph of three men conducting tests on the Learjet 23 prototype, March 16, 1964.Inscription on verso: "Flight test instruction for ground test / T-76-3A / 3-16-64."

[Test fuselage of Learjet 23 prototype undergoing structure testing]
Photograph of the test fuselage of the Learjet 23 prototype undergoing structure testing at a Lear facility, March 17, 1964.Inscription: "T76-1B / 3-17-64."Inscription on verso: "Structure testing."

[People in Lear test lab]
Photographic contact sheet containing two images of people in a Lear test lab, March 19, 1964. Inscription: "PR-142A 3-19-64 / PR-142B 3-19-64."Inscription on verso: "Test lab next to Hank's office in test hangar."

[Aga Khan IV, Moya O. Lear, and William A. Sipprell with Learjet 23 aircraft]
Photograph of (from left to right) Aga Khan IV, Moya O. Lear, and William A. Sipprell with a Learjet 23 aircraft, November 1964. Hank Beaird and an unidentified man are visible inside the aircraft. Inscription on verso: "November 1964. Aga Kahn…

[Wayne Newton, William P. Lear, Moya O. Lear, and others next to Learjet aircraft]
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.…
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