Box 51
Container
Contains 23 Results:
LearCal site search and facilities dedication -- clippings and seat placement card for WPL, 1950 December - 1952 January
File — Box: 51, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents: Lear, Incorporated
From the Series:
Series III: Lear, Incorporated documents the company business primarily focused on the years 1944-1962, although there are both earlier and later dates represented. This section reflects the company’s focus on navigational instruments for aircraft, as well as innovations in home recording and radio. Also well-represented is WPL’s re-design of the Lockheed Lodestar into his desired vision for executive air transport, the Learstar. Less well-represented is the...
Dates:
1950 December - 1952 January
"Lear launches new program of advanced flight automation" press release -- clippings, NAVCOM-100 brochure, correspondence, and assorted ads, publicity photographs, and snapshots of Tina Lear posing with NAVCOM-100 and other products, 1958 August - 1959 September
File — Box: 51, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents: Lear, Incorporated
From the Series:
Series III: Lear, Incorporated documents the company business primarily focused on the years 1944-1962, although there are both earlier and later dates represented. This section reflects the company’s focus on navigational instruments for aircraft, as well as innovations in home recording and radio. Also well-represented is WPL’s re-design of the Lockheed Lodestar into his desired vision for executive air transport, the Learstar. Less well-represented is the...
Dates:
1958 August - 1959 September
Assorted product ads with correspondence between WPL and Norman Warren -- brochures and booklets, 1953 October - 1963 December
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents: Lear, Incorporated
From the Series:
Series III: Lear, Incorporated documents the company business primarily focused on the years 1944-1962, although there are both earlier and later dates represented. This section reflects the company’s focus on navigational instruments for aircraft, as well as innovations in home recording and radio. Also well-represented is WPL’s re-design of the Lockheed Lodestar into his desired vision for executive air transport, the Learstar. Less well-represented is the...
Dates:
1953 October - 1963 December
American Aviation Dilly -- satirical version of American Aviation Daily, 1950 December 16
File — Box: 51, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents: Lear, Incorporated
From the Series:
Series III: Lear, Incorporated documents the company business primarily focused on the years 1944-1962, although there are both earlier and later dates represented. This section reflects the company’s focus on navigational instruments for aircraft, as well as innovations in home recording and radio. Also well-represented is WPL’s re-design of the Lockheed Lodestar into his desired vision for executive air transport, the Learstar. Less well-represented is the...
Dates:
1950 December 16
"The Facts of LIFE (Lear Integrated Flight Equipment)" by WPL -- Skyways article, 1958 June
File — Box: 51, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents: Lear, Incorporated
From the Series:
Series III: Lear, Incorporated documents the company business primarily focused on the years 1944-1962, although there are both earlier and later dates represented. This section reflects the company’s focus on navigational instruments for aircraft, as well as innovations in home recording and radio. Also well-represented is WPL’s re-design of the Lockheed Lodestar into his desired vision for executive air transport, the Learstar. Less well-represented is the...
Dates:
1958 June
Collier Trophy for WPL -- clippings, articles, correspondence, program, menu, press release, award chronology, and photographs, 1950 December - 1951 January
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents: Lear, Incorporated
From the Series:
Series III: Lear, Incorporated documents the company business primarily focused on the years 1944-1962, although there are both earlier and later dates represented. This section reflects the company’s focus on navigational instruments for aircraft, as well as innovations in home recording and radio. Also well-represented is WPL’s re-design of the Lockheed Lodestar into his desired vision for executive air transport, the Learstar. Less well-represented is the...
Dates:
1950 December - 1951 January
"Ex-King on the Wing" -- Dayton Daily News clipping, 1956 May 22
File — Box: 51, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents: Lear, Incorporated
From the Series:
Series III: Lear, Incorporated documents the company business primarily focused on the years 1944-1962, although there are both earlier and later dates represented. This section reflects the company’s focus on navigational instruments for aircraft, as well as innovations in home recording and radio. Also well-represented is WPL’s re-design of the Lockheed Lodestar into his desired vision for executive air transport, the Learstar. Less well-represented is the...
Dates:
1956 May 22
"Screen actor (Robert Cummings) flies here for aviation talks" -- Daily News clipping, 1954 June 8
File — Box: 51, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents: Lear, Incorporated
From the Series:
Series III: Lear, Incorporated documents the company business primarily focused on the years 1944-1962, although there are both earlier and later dates represented. This section reflects the company’s focus on navigational instruments for aircraft, as well as innovations in home recording and radio. Also well-represented is WPL’s re-design of the Lockheed Lodestar into his desired vision for executive air transport, the Learstar. Less well-represented is the...
Dates:
1954 June 8
"Trends in autopilot development" by WPL -- Aeronautical Engineering Review article reprint as brochure, 1956 January
File — Box: 51, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents: Lear, Incorporated
From the Series:
Series III: Lear, Incorporated documents the company business primarily focused on the years 1944-1962, although there are both earlier and later dates represented. This section reflects the company’s focus on navigational instruments for aircraft, as well as innovations in home recording and radio. Also well-represented is WPL’s re-design of the Lockheed Lodestar into his desired vision for executive air transport, the Learstar. Less well-represented is the...
Dates:
1956 January
Ad copy of Newsweek article "How jet fighters cross the Pacific" and copy of congratulatory telegram from USAF Colonel David Schilling to WPL for the F-5 autopilot, 1952 June 26 - July 28
File — Box: 51, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents: Lear, Incorporated
From the Series:
Series III: Lear, Incorporated documents the company business primarily focused on the years 1944-1962, although there are both earlier and later dates represented. This section reflects the company’s focus on navigational instruments for aircraft, as well as innovations in home recording and radio. Also well-represented is WPL’s re-design of the Lockheed Lodestar into his desired vision for executive air transport, the Learstar. Less well-represented is the...
Dates:
1952 June 26 - July 28
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