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[William P. Lear looking out cockpit window of Beech 18 aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of William P. Lear looking out the cockpit window of a Lear, Incorporated company Beech 18 aircraft, circa 1940s-1960s. The text on the fuselage reads: "Lear / Installation and Flight Test Div." Stamped on verso: "Please return to: Lear Archive, [address and telephone number in Reno, Nevada]."

[William P. Lear waving from cockpit of Morane-Saulnier M.S.760A Paris aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of William P. Lear waving from the cockpit of a Morane-Saulnier M.S.760A Paris aircraft (tail number N760H), Santa Monica Municipal Airport, California, circa 1950s-1960s. An unidentified man is seated behind Lear. The caption notes that the aircraft is owned by the Timken Roller Bearing Company.Typed caption on verso: "First U. S. jet-powered business plane, Moraine-Saulnier [sic]…

[James V. Piersol, William P. Lear, and Jorge Lopez with Morane-Saulnier M.S.760A Paris aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of (from left to right) James V. Piersol, William P. Lear, and Jorge Lopez looking at Lear instruments installed in a Morane-Saulnier M.S.760A Paris aircraft, circa 1950s-1960s. The caption notes that the aircraft is owned by the Timken Roller Bearing Company.Typed caption on verso: "Jim Piersol, well known aviation writer, W. P. Lear, Lear board chairman, and Jorge Lopez, Manager…

[William P. Lear looking at engine of Lockheed Lodestar aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of William P. Lear looking at the engine of a Lockheed Lodestar aircraft, circa January 1953. Lear is gesturing to a modification made to the jet-exhaust system.Typed caption on verso: "Grand Rapids, Michigan: William P. Lear, Chairman of the Board and Director of Research and Development of Lear, Incorporated, discusses a detail of his unique Lodestar modification program, designed to…

[William P. Lear with Lockheed Lodestar aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of William P. Lear with a Lockheed Lodestar aircraft, circa January 1953. Lear is pointing to a Lear-actuated cowl flap on the engine cowling, one of the modifications made to increase the aircraft's efficiency.Typed caption on verso: "#8165-B. January 27, 1953. William P. Lear, Chairman of the Board and Director of Research and Development of Lear, Incorporated, discusses a detail of…

[William P. Lear with Lockheed Lodestar aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of William P. Lear with a Lockheed Lodestar aircraft, circa January 1953. Lear is pointing to an exhaust covering on the engine cowling, one of the modifications made to increase the aircraft's efficiency.Typed caption on verso: "#8165-D January 27, 1953. William P. Lear, Chairman of the Board and Director of Research and Development of Lear, Incorporated, points to the new arrangement…

[Lear, Incorporated company Lockheed Lodestar] (Item)

Photograph of a Lear, Incorporated company Lockheed Lodestar, circa 1948. The caption notes that this aircraft was later converted to the prototype Learstar. Inscription on verso: "First Lockheed Lodestar owned by WLP -- in 1948 -- later converted to Green Weeny or prototype Learstar." Stamped on verso: "Photo by Hans Groenhoff."

[William P. Lear and Moya O. Lear in cockpit of SAAC-23 mock-up] (Item)

Photograph of William P. Lear and Moya O. Lear in the cockpit of a SAAC-23 mockup, circa 1961.Stamped on verso: "Grosskople."

[Man working on nose section of SAAC-23 mock-up] (Item)

Photograph of a man working on the nose section of a SAAC-23 mockup, circa 1961.Stamped on verso: "Rohcopie / Hans Entzeroth Fotograf / Zurich Bederstrasse 119."

[William P. Lear and man with sections of SAAC-23 mock-up] (Item)

Photograph of William P. Lear (right) and an unidentified man with sections of a SAAC-23 mockup, circa 1961.