[William P. Lear in cockpit of Lear Learstar aircraft]

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Title

[William P. Lear in cockpit of Lear Learstar aircraft]

Description

Photograph of William P. Lear in the cockpit of a Lear Learstar aircraft, circa 1950s. Lear is using a Remington 60 Deluxe Shaver. The caption notes that Lear regularly shaves while the L-5 automatic pilot is engaged and that Remington 60 shavers are standard accessories for Learstars.

Typed caption on verso: "William P. Lear, Board Chairman and Director of Research and Development of Lear, Inc., regularly shaves with a Remington 60 Deluxe Shaver while piloting his 300-mph 'Learstar' executive airplane. A Lear L-5 automatic pilot flies the Learstar meantime. Remington 60 Deluxe Shavers are standard accessories on the Learstars, which are in quantity production at the Lear Aircraft Engineering Division facility on Santa Monica (Calif.) Airport."

Stamped on verso: "Hullibarger's Photography, [rest of information faded]."

Date

1950s circa

Extent

1 photograph : black and white ; 10 x 8 in

Language

Rights

Bibliographic Citation

The William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2000-06-20_image_143_01
2000-06-20_image_143_02