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Items from Box 4, Folder 6 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, September to October 1939. Folder contains assorted items related to the Learadio Airport Localizer (L-P-2), including summaries, correspondence, diagrams, sketches, a clipping, and a Library of Congress certificate of copyright. 14 total documents and original folder labeled "L-p2 / 'Learadio Airport Localizer.'"
Items from Box 4, Folder 30 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, circa 1931-1939. Contains two reports related to the Learadio Lear-O-Scope Model LC 100 Radio Compass Direction Finder.
Items from Box 1, Folder 15 and Box 209, Folder 1 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, June 1935 to November 1944. Contains drafts, notes, and technical drawings for the radio guidance system and blind approach system (WPL/30-1) patent. Twenty total items.
Items from Box 4, Folder 3 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, circa 1937-1938. Contains an advertisement for the Learadio Compass, an advertisement for the Learadio AMRL-1 Marine Radio Direction Finder, and a brochure for Learadio products.
Photograph of a Lear Developments BC-190-T5 radio transmitter, circa 1940. The verso inscription notes that this transmitter was developed for the U.S. Army Signal Corps and describes the device's components and specifications.Inscription on verso: "45 kc to 13 mc 50 watt trans. 4 [illegible] and master osc [oscillator]. Designed about 1940 in Vandalia for first AC operated aircraft of Signal…
Photograph of a Lear Developments Type T-120 transmitter, circa 1936-1939. The caption on verso notes that transmitter was developed for the Royal Canadian Air Force and describes the device's components and specifications. Caption on verso: "J. This transmitter/receiver combination was designed for the Canadian RAF and called the Type T-120, built around 1936-37 and was essentially an R3 receiver…
Composite photograph of a Lear Developments telephone transmitter, showing views of the internal components and the external case, circa 1931-1939. The verso inscription, which was written by William P. Lear, states that this was the first 3105-3120 kc 35-watt telephone transmitter made for private pilots.Inscription on verso: "The first 3105-3120 KC 35 watt telephone transmitter ever made for…
Photograph of a Lear Developments special aircraft receiver and remote control unit (radio transmitter Type L-35S-1), circa 1931-1939. The verso caption notes that the receiver was developed for the Ontario Forestry Branch and describes the device's components and specifications. Typed caption on verso: "V. The control head for the Ontario Forestry Branch of the Dept. of Lands and Forests of…
Composite photograph of a Learadio combination motor generator and transmitter, showing views of the internal components and the external case, circa 1935-1937. The verso caption states that this was one of the first transmitting devices for private pilots.
Typed caption on verso: "E. This is a combined motor generator and transmitter to operate on 3015 and 3120 KC. It was produced in quantities…