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[Aircraft instrument panel outfitted with Learadio equipment] (Item)

Photograph of an aircraft instrument panel outfitted with Learadio equipment, circa 1931-1939. Two arrows point to the direction indicator and the interphone and radio transmit control switch.Inscription: "NA-44 / Learadio equipment installation / Front cockpit. 20.1171/33."

[Aircraft cockpit outfitted with Learadio equipment] (Item)

Photograph of an aircraft cockpit outfitted with Learadio equipment, circa 1931-1939. Arrows point to the microphone and support and the interphone and radio transmit control and jack box.Inscription: "NA-44 / Learadio equipment installation / Rear cockpit. 20.1171/33."

[Aircraft instrument panel outfitted with Learadio equipment] (Item)

Photograph of an aircraft instrument panel outfitted with Learadio equipment, circa 1931-1939.

[William P. Lear with first Lear-o-Scope] (Item)

Photograph of William P. Lear with the first Lear-o-Scope, circa 1935.Inscription: "1935. WPL with 1st Lear-o-scope."

[Betsy Ross using Learadio portable receiver] (Item)

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…

[Beech Bonanza instrument panel outfitted with Lear equipment] (Item)

Photograph of a Beech Bonanza instrument panel outfitted with Lear VHF Omnimatic navigating equipment and a Lear Orienter, circa 1950s-1960s.Typed caption: "Installation of Lear Orienter and Lear VHF Omnimatic navigating equipment in Bonanza Panel. Lear, Inc. Grand Rapids, Mich. Page 43."

[Instrument panel outfitted with Learadio equipment] (Item)

Photograph of an instrument panel outfitted with Learadio equipment, circa 1940s-1960s. Several of the instruments are labeled.Caption: "NA-44. Learadio equipment installation. Rear cockpit. Direction indicator. Transmitter power supply - Type T-30-AB. Receiver output tuning indicator. Automatic compass receiver I.F. unit Type ADF-6."

[William P. Lear and employees looking at airborne radio equipment] (Item)

Photograph of William P. Lear (right) and two Lear, Incorporated employees looking at airborne radio equipment, circa 1940s-1950s.Typed caption on verso: "William P. Lear, Chairman of the Board, Lear, Inc., consults with members of his technical staff over newly designed airborne radio equipment. Lear, Inc. Santa Monica, California, U.S.A."Stamped on verso: "Hullibarger's Photography, [address and…

[William P. Lear with North American F-86D Sabre aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of William P. Lear holding a gyro unit while standing in front of a U.S. Air Force North American F-86D Sabre aircraft, circa 1950s.Stamped on verso: "Please return to: Lear Archive, [address in Reno, Nevada]."

Finder, Direction/Auto-Direction Finder, Lear ADF 12-E (Item)

Auto-direction finder with a body made out of gray metal and a white metal face plate. "Lear ADF-12E" is in black on the bottom portion of the face of the object, along with three black dials and a switch. The back has silver metal attachment components.