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[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 7 - Learmatic gyromatic navigator, 1940 December]
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."
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 16 - "Miriam Johnson pilots British American Ambulance Corps Learadio-equipped WACO on 3 month tour of US," 1941 February 24]
Items from Box 27, Folder 16 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, February 24, 1941. Contains a Lear Avia Corporation press release and photograph related to a British American Ambulance Corps (BAAC) flying tour, carried out by pilot Miriam Johnson, BAAC Vice President H. Terrell Van Ingen, and radio operator Earl Evans in a Lear-equipped Waco aircraft. The photograph depicts Johnson, Van…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 23 - Captured Me109 radio equipment evaluation by WPL, 1941 July 24]
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…