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[William P. Lear with Waco UIC aircraft]
Photograph of William P. Lear with a Waco UIC aircraft (wing number NC13402), circa 1930s.Inscription on verso: "Bill Lear + his Waco Model UIC equipped with Lear-O-Scope, direction finder, + Lear-O-Phone transmitter + receiver. This is the plane Lear flew from NYC to Los Angeles in 1935 to promote his equipment. Photo courtesy Lear Archives."
[William P. Lear with Waco UIC aircraft]
Photograph of William P. Lear with his Waco UIC aircraft, circa 1933. Inscription on verso: "1935 / WPL entering 1933 Continental Powered Waco preparatory to NY Los Angeles trip when Model L DF was shown to whole USA and many CAA stations for the first time heard and worked a private aircraft by radio. / Trip NY-Pitts-Dayton-Chgo-Kansas City-Wichita-Tulsa-Dallas-Wink-El Paso-Tucson-Pheonix…