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Cacheted philatelic cover commemorating the STS-1 mission, postmarked April 12, 1981. Features the STS-1 mission insignia depicting the Space Shuttle Columbia. Includes an accompanying notecard with information about the Space Shuttle.

Cacheted philatelic cover commemorating the Space Shuttle, postmarked April 12, 1981. Includes an accompanying notecard with information about the Space Shuttle.

Transcript of a testimony given by James W. Mar, Hunsaker Professor Aerospace Education, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, about the NASA Large Composite Primary Aircraft Structures Program, March 10,…

First flight cover for the Lear Fan aircraft, postmarked December 32, 1980 [i.e., January 1, 1981].

Proposal for the Lear Fan 3100 aircraft, prepared by I. J. Gilchrist and Bill Murphy of LearAvia, circa 1981. 56 pages.

Photograph of Moya O. Lear giving a thumbs to the camera, circa 1981. The inscription indicates that this was taken during a first flight of a Lear Fan aircraft. Inscription on verso: "1st flight / B78 F2020."

Plaque given to William P. Lear by International Aerospace Hall of Fame, 1981. Text: "The International Aerospace Hall of Fame / Honors / William P. Lear / For Distinguished Aerospace Achievement / 1981."

Photograph of Moya O. Lear at an event hosted by Lear Fan employees in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, 1981. Lear holds an award engraved with a Lear Fan aircraft. Inscription on verso: "1981 - Presentation made to MOL by employees of Newtownabbey…

Items from Box 146, Folder 1 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, January - February 1981. Contains congratulatory correspondences and photographs regarding the first flight of the Lear Fan E-001 (N626BL). 54 total items.

Photograph of (from left to right) Eve Mahlab, Patricia Loveu, Moya O. Lear, and Carla Zampatti, Sydney, Australia, circa 1980s-1990s.Inscription on verso: "Left to right / Australia's Businesswoman of the Year / Eve Mahlab – 1982 / Patricia Loveu –…