Mr. Bill Lear and Mr. Tony Fox discuss corporate aircraft of the future [film footage]

Title

Mr. Bill Lear and Mr. Tony Fox discuss corporate aircraft of the future [film footage]

Description

Film footage of a segment titled "Mr. Bill Lear and Mr. Tony Fox discuss corporate aircraft of the future," comprised of an informal conversation between businessmen Fox and Lear, circa 1970s. Lear, the primary speaker, comments on the lack of fuel efficiency in private jets and the growing need for more economically-designed corporate aircraft. He also compliments Fox on his development of the Foxjet ST-600S, a small private jet designed to be fuel- and cost-efficient. The conversation takes place in an office, presumably Lear's. A scale model of the ST-600S is visible on the desk.

Following the conversation, the footage transitions to Fox at a Tony Team Industries campus. The voiceover narrator provides a brief biography of Fox and describes the various Fox products on display, such as the "Bonneville Boss" truck, the "Proud American" rocket car, the prototype models of the Foxjet, a compact snowmobile, the "Pollution Packer" dragster, the Catagator all-terrain vehicle, several inboard and outboard waterjet motors, a fiberglass spray gun, a multi-purpose power tool, a powerlift, and several models of "Pollution Packer" trash compactors. The footage ends with Fox and another man in speedboats.

The footage is in color and includes audio.

Label on container: "Lear and Fox interview."

Date

1970s circa

Creator

Extent

1 film reel (6 min., 54 sec.) : sound, color ; 8 mm

Rights

Bibliographic Citation

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

Identifier

2000-06-20_AV_001_01