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Plaque/Lear Fan First Flight, Signed by Design Team
Framed golden ticket plaque on wooden stand given to Moya Olsen Lear by Lear Fan design team, May 9, 1980.Text on front: "Lear Fan / First Flight / On the ninth day of May, in the year nineteen hundred and eighty, at Stead Airport, LearAvia design…

Fabric, Aircraft/Lear Fan Fabric Sample
Laminated sample piece of black Thermaflex fabric with [copper?] strip on back. Includes photocopy of letter to Sam Auld, Lear Fan, from Alfred Landes, Daval Company, 1980 September 3. Discusses conductivity of fabric.

Coin, Commemorative/Lear Fan First Flight, December 1980
Bronze colored metal coin commemorating Lear Fan 2100 first flight. One side of the coin has a relief image of William Lear's face, airplane and the text, "First Flight Lear Fan 2100, Dec. 1980." The other side of the coin has a relief image of Moya…

Plaque/Delta Airlines Flying Colonel, Moya Lear
Plaque given to Moya Olsen Lear by Delta Air Lines, circa 1980-1983. Engraved metal plate mounted on wood base. A photocopy of a clipping about Moya Lear has been taped to the back and includes a handwritten note. Engraved on front: "Delta Air Lines…

Flag/Lear Fan logo
Large white flag with "Lear Fan" and 4-color logo sewn onto it. The letters seem to be a plasticized canvas. Two metal grommets on left side top and left side bottom.

Cap, Snap/Lear Fan logo baseball cap
White baseball-style hat with adjustable snap closure. Top of bill features embroidered gold leaves. A blue and white patch on front of hat is embroidered with "Lear Fan" and company logo.

Trophy/Lear Fan Women's Bowling Trophy
Employee bowling trophy, circa 1980-1985. Multi-level trophy with woman bowler statuette atop trophy mounted on marble and wood bases. Includes four additional statuettes on bottom base with engraved metal plate. Printed on top plate: "Reno, Sparks,…

Pin, Lapel/Lear Fan Lapel Pin
Lear Fan lapel pin with butterfly clutch back. The pin is broken; the plane has broken loose from main part.

Honeycomb/Honeycomb Composite Base Material, MIL-C-81986
Composite base material constructed in a golden brown honeycomb fabrication. Exact material composition unknown. Enclosed in a clear plastic bag.

Plaque/Happy Birthday Moya, Molt Taylor, Jerry Holcomb, Lear
Birthday plaque given to Moya Olsen Lear by Molt Taylor and Jerry Holcomb, circa 1980s. Black metal plate mounted on wood base features the Lear Fan above birthday greetings.
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