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Photograph of Paul Mantz (left) and Mike Sutton (right) watching as William P. Lear jumps on a piece of windshield material to demonstrate its durability, circa 1960s.Inscription: "'Don't tell me it can't be done.' / Paul Mantz / Capt. Mike Sutton."

Photograph of Moya O. Lear (right) and others looking at a device, circa 1960s.

Photograph of Moya O. Lear (far right) and others looking at a chart, circa 1960s.

Photograph of William P. Lear and Wilbur Nelson seated in an experimental helicopter at the University of Michigan, circa 1960s. Inscription on verso: "WPL, Wilbur Nelson & experimental helicopter at Univ. of Michigan."

Photograph of a woman at the Lear Jet booth during a trade show, circa 1960s. Scale models of Learjet aircraft are on display.

Photograph of William P. Lear with a Learjet 24 aircraft (tail number N660LJ), circa 1960s.

Photograph of William P. Lear holding a scale model of a Learjet aircraft, circa 1963-1965.

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

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 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."