[Lear Fan prototype at Lear facility]

Photograph of the Lear Fan prototype at a Lear facility, Reno, Nevada, December 30, 1980. The caption notes that the aircraft is awaiting stress testing.

Typed caption on verso: "For immediate release / December 30, 1980 / Photo Caption: / Prototype model of New Lear Fan executive aircraft sits in static test area at manufacturing facility in Reno, Nevada as it awaited stress tests. The aircraft, which flies at 400 miles per hour using less fuel than many automobiles, is made almost wholly of lightweight carbon fiber. Aircraft was developed by Lear Fan Corp. (US). The carbon fiber material, known as Thornel ® is manufactured by Union Carbide Corporation. ® Thornel is a registered trademark on Union Carbide Corporation. "