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Items from Box 27, Folder 7 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, December 1940. Contains two clippings and a press release related to William P. Lear's receipt of the Frank Hawks Memorial Trophy for developing the Learmatic gyromatic navigator. Three total documents and original folder labeled "Publicity re 'Learmatic' / L-p-5."
Items from Box 27, Folder 23 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, July 24, 1941. Contains a press release and eight captioned photographs related to William P. Lear's evaluation of German radio equipment taken from a captured Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft. The photographs depict Lear and Lear Avia engineers carrying out tests on the radio equipment, as well as close-up shots of the…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 109, Folder 8 - Synchroscope, undated (circa 1970-1976)]
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Items from Box 109, Folder 8 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, circa 1970-1976. Contains a brochure and press release for the Lear Synchroscope. Two total items.
Photograph of pilot Betsy Ross using a Learadio portable receiver in the cockpit of her Taylorcraft aircraft, August 20, 1940. An accompanying press release describes Ross's recent flight from Harrisburg Pennsylvania State Airport, noted as the first light plane altitude flight ever recognized by the National Aeronautics Association. It also describes the Learadio receiver installed in Ross's…