Box 207
Container
Contains 11 Results:
"Learadio streamline loop v. Hefele loop antenna (patent no. 2,062,129)" possible infringement -- correspondence, memo, notes, and patent copies [L-I], 1939 May - 1940 January
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents: Series I: Lear Developments
From the Series:
Series I: Lear Developments provides insight into one of WPL’s earliest companies, Lear Developments, whose main focus was aircraft radio development and production. The company was established in 1931 and continued through 1939, when it changed its name to Lear Avia Inc. The series includes materials from the lifespan of the company as well as collected items dating earlier and some items dated later due to the restructure.The series is broken down...
Dates:
1939 May - 1940 January
Roosevelt Field, Minneola, Long Island map with legend [Location "J" on map is Learadio Laboratories] -- lithograph and photocopy, undated (circa 1931-1939)
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents: Series I: Lear Developments
From the Series:
Series I: Lear Developments provides insight into one of WPL’s earliest companies, Lear Developments, whose main focus was aircraft radio development and production. The company was established in 1931 and continued through 1939, when it changed its name to Lear Avia Inc. The series includes materials from the lifespan of the company as well as collected items dating earlier and some items dated later due to the restructure.The series is broken down...
Dates:
undated (circa 1931-1939)
Product "pitch" letters and price lists, 1940 September - 1941 May
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents: Series II. Lear Avia Inc.
From the Series:
Series II: Lear Avia Inc. is the second largest series of the collection. It documents the research, development, and manufacture of Lear Avia’s key World War II-era products, notably clutches, screw jacks, motors, and aircraft navigation and radio equipment and parts. In addition, there is documentation of other products which reflect the company’s post-war considerations for manufacture and production. These are not just limited to the field of aeronautics...
Dates:
1940 September - 1941 May
Assorted correspondence, 1977-1991, undated
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents: Lear Fan Limited
From the Series:
Series XIV: Lear Fan Limited (LFL) provides a look into the development, production, flight testing, and quest for FAA certification of the Lear Fan 2100, an innovative all-composite airplane that William P. Lear and his team designed in 1976-1977. The series is arranged into eight subseries: administrative records, correspondence, financial records, legal records, photographs, publicity materials, research materials, and...
Dates:
1977-1991, undated
Canadair Challenger Reports 1, 3-4, 26, and Technical Summary -- technical reports, 1977 February 25 - 1979 March 30
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents: Related Companies
From the Series:
The final series of the collection is Related Companies. The focus is primarily on companies that were originally founded by WPL but due to mergers or sales lost their direct affiliation with WPL’s companies. The exception is the final series, Lear Archives, which maintains a direct connection to WPL and his career. The Related Companies series has been divided by company, which are listed in chronological order of their existence and connection to Lear...
Dates:
1977 February 25 - 1979 March 30
"Lear Fan information kit" -- product sheets, 1983, undated
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents: Lear Fan Limited
From the Series:
Series XIV: Lear Fan Limited (LFL) provides a look into the development, production, flight testing, and quest for FAA certification of the Lear Fan 2100, an innovative all-composite airplane that William P. Lear and his team designed in 1976-1977. The series is arranged into eight subseries: administrative records, correspondence, financial records, legal records, photographs, publicity materials, research materials, and...
Dates:
1983, undated
"AFC-70 R & D logbook", 1973 October - 1974 March
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents: Microcom, Inc.
From the Series:
Established in 1968 as an affiliate of LearAvia Corporation (LAC), Microcom, Inc. (MI) which designed and produced an advanced line of avionics, including the AFC-70 autopilot, is represented primarily by technical documentation. The bulk of the material falls within 1969-1972. A few materials are dated later, due to the transition from an affiliate company to being absorbed by LAC as of December 1972. Because the company records present are nearly all...
Dates:
1973 October - 1974 March
Heading synchronizer -- diagrams, 1973-1974
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents: LearAvia Corporation
From the Series:
This series, the largest in the collection, documents the activities of LearAvia Corporation which was established in April 1968 by William P. Lear in Reno, Nevada at the site of former Stead Air Force Base. The company was engaged in the development, manufacture, and distribution of avionic products as well the design and development of three aircraft: the LearStar 600, the Lear Allegro, and the Lear Fan 2100. The series is divided into eight subseries, ...
Dates:
1973-1974
Organizational charts, 1978-1981
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents: Lear Fan Limited
From the Series:
Series XIV: Lear Fan Limited (LFL) provides a look into the development, production, flight testing, and quest for FAA certification of the Lear Fan 2100, an innovative all-composite airplane that William P. Lear and his team designed in 1976-1977. The series is arranged into eight subseries: administrative records, correspondence, financial records, legal records, photographs, publicity materials, research materials, and...
Dates:
1978-1981
Assorted clippings and press releases, 1977-1980
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents: LearAvia Corporation
From the Series:
This series, the largest in the collection, documents the activities of LearAvia Corporation which was established in April 1968 by William P. Lear in Reno, Nevada at the site of former Stead Air Force Base. The company was engaged in the development, manufacture, and distribution of avionic products as well the design and development of three aircraft: the LearStar 600, the Lear Allegro, and the Lear Fan 2100. The series is divided into eight subseries, ...
Dates:
1977-1980