Box 207
Container
Contains 25 Results:
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
Assorted Learjets -- photographs, undated (circa 1969)
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents: Lear Jet Corporation
From the Series:
Series V: Lear Jet Corporation (LJC) primarily documents the development, production, and distribution of the Learjet Model 23 and Model 24, small and fast executive transport jets, with a lesser degree of coverage about the Lear Liner Model 40. Additionally there is a relatively small amount of information about LJC’s Stereo 8 Division, which designed, developed, and produced the 8-track audio tape cassette player for home, automobile, and personal use. The...
Dates:
undated (circa 1969)
"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
Allegro program -- correspondence, diagrams, survey maps, financial documents, and technical data, 1976-1977
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:
1976-1977
"DX-100" series -- parts list and sketches, 1946 July - October
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents: Lear, Incorporated
From the Series:
Series III: Lear, Incorporated documents the company business primarily focused on the years 1930-1966, 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:
1946 July - October
Office files of engineer Charles C. Littell Jr. -- diagrams, sketches, technical data, research materials, notes, employee documentation, memos, correspondence, minutes, negatives, and photographs, 1940-1945, 1957
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:
1940-1945, 1957