Search Digital Records

• Subject > Airplanes--Design and construction (remove)
• Subject > Lear Jet Corporation (remove)

Limit your search

• Still Image (38)
• Audiovisual (2)
• Text (2)
• Mixed Materials (1)

• Kansas (3)
• United States (3)
• Wichita (Kan.) (3)

• photographic prints (38)
• contact sheets (2)
• audiocassettes (1)
• brochures (1)
• color slides (1)
• concept art (initial studies) (1)
• correspondence (1)
• open reel audiotapes (1)

• In copyright (40)
• Copyright undetermined (3)

• Airplanes--Design and construction (43)
• Lear Jet Corporation (43)
• Learjet 23 (29)
• Factories (25)
• Airplane factories (23)
• Airplanes, Company (9)
• Lear, William P. (William Powell), 1902-1978 (6)
• Learjet 40 Lear Liner (5)
• Lear, Moya Olsen, 1915-2001 (3)
• Airplanes--Models (2)
• Engineers (1)
• Lear, Inc. (1)
• Nanney, Buzz (1)
• Stoll, Germaine (1)

43 results

[Note from William P. Lear, circa 1960s] (Item)

Note from William P. Lear, circa 1960s. Expresses his thanks and appreciation "to each and every one of you" (likely referring to Lear Jet employees) for efforts related to Learjet 23 production. References the aircraft's first flight. One handwritten page on Lear's personal stationery.

[Brochure for Learjet 23 aircraft] (Item)

Brochure for the Learjet 23 aircraft, circa 1964. Contains photographs and information related to the aircraft's design, production, and testing.

[Wing section of Learjet 23 prototype] (Item)

Photograph of the wing section of the Learjet 23 prototype, July 23, 1963. Inscription on verso: "P2-A / July 23, 1963 / 8 spars - count 'em for strength far beyond part 3 and part 4B flite [sic] requirements plus fail safe construction due to multi spar construction."

[People attaching aft and forward fuselage sections of Learjet 23 prototype (Item)

Photograph of people attaching the aft and forward fuselage sections of the Learjet 23 prototype, July 31, 1963. Inscription on verso: "P5-H / July 31, 1963 / Attaching aft fuselage section to forward fuselage section."

[Learjet 23 aircraft under construction at Lear facility] (Item)

Photograph of Learjet 23 aircraft under construction at a Lear facility, circa 1960s. Stamped on verso: "Lear Jet Corporation / Photograph / No. P 97J / P.O. Box 1260 / Wichita, Kansas 67201."

[Learjet 23 prototype at Lear facility] (Item)

Photograph of the Learjet 23 prototype at a Lear facility, September 10, 1963. Other aircraft undergoing construction and testing are visible in the background.Inscription on verso: "P 15-D / Sept. 10, 1963."

[Man working on wing section of Learjet 23 prototype] (Item)

Photograph of a man working on the wing section of the Learjet 23 prototype, July 25, 1963. The forward fuselage section is visible in the background.Inscription on verso: "P3-E / July 25, 1963."

[People attaching tail section to Learjet 23 prototype] (Item)

Photograph of people attaching the tail section to the Learjet 23 prototype, September 9, 1963. Inscription on verso: "P 14-J / Sept. 9, 1963."

[People attaching tail section to Learjet 23 prototype] (Item)

Photograph of people attaching the tail section to the Learjet 23 prototype, September 9, 1963.Inscription on verso: "P 14-G / Sept. 9, 1963."

[People attaching wing to Learjet 23 prototype] (Item)

Photograph of people attaching the wing to the Learjet 23 prototype, August 8, 1963.Inscription on verso: "P6-B / Aug. 8, 1963 / Mating and attaching wing to fuselage."