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[Learjet 23 prototype undergoing fuselage side-bending test]
Photograph of the Learjet 23 prototype undergoing a fuselage side-bending test, February 25, 1964.Text on sign: "Fuselage side bending static test / 0% ultimate / 25 Feb. 1964."Inscription on verso: "T58-4A / 2-25-64."
[Learjet 23 prototype at Lear facility]
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-E / Sept. 10, 1963."
[Men installing new engine in Learjet 23 prototype]
Photograph of men installing a new engine in the Learjet 23 prototype, February 21, 1964.Inscription on verso: "Installing new engine on Jet #1 / 2-21-64."
[Learjet 23 prototype undergoing fuselage testing]
Photograph of the Learjet 23 prototype undergoing fuselage testing, February 18, 1964.Inscription on verso: "T58-2E / 2-18-64."
[People with Learjet 23 aircraft]
Photographic contact sheet containing four images of people with a Learjet 23 aircraft, March 5, 1964. The first image (top left) shows men looking at a Learjet wing outfitted with testing tufts. The second image (top right) shows men inside the cockpit. The third image (bottom left) shows men talking outside of the aircraft. The fourth image (bottom right) shows a pilot seated in the cockpit.…
[Learjet 23 aircraft taking off for first flight]
Photograph of a Learjet 23 aircraft (tail number N802L) taking off for its first flight, Wichita, Kansas, October 7, 1963.Inscription on verso: "Learjet (N802L) / First flight / Oct. 7, 1963 (1750) / Wichita, Kansas / 23-002."Accompanying note with image: "[Letterhead: 'From the desk of Torch Lewis'] First flight Oct. 7, 1963 / Learjet N802L lifted off the runway at Wichita at 1750 ushering in a…
[First flight preparations of Learjet 23 aircraft]
Photographic contact sheet containing three images related to first flight preparations of the Learjet 23 aircraft (tail number N802L), March 1964. Images 1 and 2 (left and top right) show a man fueling up the aircraft. Image 3 (bottom right) shows a man working in a lab setting.Inscription on verso: "Before 1st flight on N802L / Fuel ant-icing additive demonstration / 3-10-64 / 3-18-64."Stamped…
[People with Learjet 23 aircraft]
Photographic contact sheet containing four images of people with a Learjet 23 aircraft (tail number N802L), circa 1964. The verso inscription notes that these photos were taken prior to the aircraft's first flight.Inscription on verso: "Before N802L 1st flight."Stamped on verso: "Please return to: Lear Archive, [address and telephone number in Reno, Nevada]."
[Hank Beaird and Dave Brown seated in cockpit of Learjet 23 aircraft]
Photograph of Hank Beaird and Dave Brown seated in the cockpit of a Learjet 23 aircraft (tail number N801L), February 28, 1964. Inscription: "PR-113[C or G?] / 2-28-64." Inscription on verso: "N801L / Hank Beaird / Dave Brown (AV Week) / 2/28/64."
[People looking at Learjet 23 aircraft]
Photographic contact sheet containing two images of people looking at a Learjet 23 aircraft (tail number N802L), circa 1964.Inscription on verso: "Feb/Mar 1964 / [illegible] crew N802L."Stamped on verso: "Please return to: Lear Archive, [address and telephone number in Reno, Nevada]."