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Plaque/Prior Aviation Service Presented to Lear Fan + Moya Olsen Lear
Plaque given to Moya Olsen Lear by Jack B. Prior, 1978. The frame holds a blue felt matboard with a depiction of the Lear Fan 2100 aircraft, the Lear Fan company logo, and text.Printed on front: "Lear Fan / Prior Aviation Service Inc. / Best Wishes…

Medal, Commemorative/Aviation Hall of Fame Medal, William Lear
Aviation Hall of Fame award given to William P. Lear, Sr., July 22, 1978. Round pendant medallion with small loop at top mounted on matboard. Background is a starburst with red, white, blue, and black shape in center. Embossed on medallion: "Aviation…

Trophy/Learavia Company Picnic Trophy
LearAvia Picnic Perpetual Trophy, 1978-1979. Four pillars support a wood base with engraved metal piece on front. The pillars are mounted on a wood base. A baseball player would top the trophy, but has become loose. Between the pillars are a small…

Cap, Snap/Moya Lear, American Hustler, Baseball Cap
Red, white, and blue baseball-style cap with adjustable snap closure. Bill is red and includes a fading handwritten inscription: "To Moya Lear, Good luck - Al Paulson." Front of cap has red, white, and blue patch embroidered with American Jet logo…

Trophy/Western Plastics Exposition, Jupiter Award, Design Excellence, Lear Fan
Trophy awarded to William P. Lear at the Western Plastics Exposition, 1979. Clear acrylic tower with black engraved metal base. Engraved on front: "WPE / Western Plastics Exposition / Jupiter Award for Design Excellence / 1979 / For the design of…

Tile/LearAvia Product Sample Tile
Black ERM graphite laminate tile. Two pieces of tape and black marker text are present on front of tile. It is accompanied by a letter to Richard R. Tracy, LearAvia Corporation, from A. Lawrence Cobb, Composite Technology Corporation, March 9, 1979.…

Plaque/Lear Fan Slogans and Logo
Wood plaque with engraved Lear Fan logo and maxims. The Lear Fan logo is at the center. The maxims from top left to bottom right read: "Too soon is just right," "Don't tell me it can't be done," and "Always deal from strength - never from weakness."…

Fabric, Aircraft/Lear Fan Fabric Sample
Sample piece of black Thermaflex fabric with [copper?] strip on back.

Fabric, Aircraft/Lear Fan Fabric Sample
Four panel strip of black Thermaflex fabric with [copper?] strip on one end of a single panel. Each panel is a slightly different size and two panels are coming loose.

Scarf/Lear Fan First Flight
Lear Fan square scarf of red, white and blue, with Lear Fan X of blue, red, and green. Scarf is polyester with white background, red border and allover Lear Fan print, likely given out at first flight event. Made by Frankie Welch.
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