William Powell Lear (June 26, 1902 – May 14, 1978) was an American inventor and businessman. He is best known for founding Learjet, a manufacturer of business...
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John Olsen Lear (December 3, 1942 – March 29, 2022), son of Learjet magnate Bill Lear, was an aviator who set multiple records, later flying cargo planes...
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configuration. The Lear Fan never entered production. The Lear Fan was designed by Bill Lear, but not completed before his death in 1978. It was planned...
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8-track cartridge (redirect from Lear Jet Stereo 8)
The Stereo 8 Cartridge was created in 1964 by a consortium led by Bill Lear, of Lear Jet Corporation, along with Ampex, Ford Motor Company, General Motors...
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Look up Lear, lear, or léar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Look up leir, leír, léir, or lèir in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lear or Leir may...
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Olsen Lear (March 27, 1915 – December 5, 2001) was an American businesswoman and philanthropist who was the wife of aviation pioneer Bill Lear. Moya Marie...
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Milton Lear (July 27, 1922 – December 5, 2023) was an American screenwriter and producer who produced, wrote, created, or developed over 100 shows. Lear created...
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Bombardier Challenger 600 series (redirect from LearJet 600)
600 series is a family of business jets developed by Canadair after a Bill Lear concept, and then produced from 1986 by its new owner, Bombardier Aerospace...
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Bill Lear (1902–1978), American inventor and businessman, founder of the Lear Jet Corporation Bill Lennon (1845–1910), American baseball player Bill Maher...
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William M. Lear is an American politician from Kentucky who was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1985 to 1995. Lear was first elected...
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King Lear is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is loosely based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age...
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Milton William Cooper (redirect from Milton Bill Cooper)
ParaNet poster John Lear. Lear, the son of Learjet founder Bill Lear, identified as a pilot who had flown missions for the CIA. Lear was the author of a...
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Lear Siegler Incorporated (LSI) is a diverse American corporation established in 1962. Its products range from car seats and brakes to weapons control...
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and Australia. Stereo 8 was created in 1964 by a consortium led by Bill Lear of Lear Jet Corporation, along with Ampex, Ford Motor Company, General Motors...
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a Learjet, and he was named vice president of the Learjet Company by Bill Lear as an honorary title (he had no line responsibility at the company). He...
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latter was a direct derivative of the former. According to Bill Lear's son, William P. Lear, the designs of the P-16 and the Learjet possessed substantial...
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of which was managed by Bill Cooper, Lear Corporation Global Quality Systems Senior Quality Manager. On April 5, 2004, Lear announced it would pay $220...
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Grace. She had serenity." In 1956, Kelly resided in a home rented from Bill Lear in the Pacific Palisades, California for the duration of her filming....
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the last legacy Learjet, using a variation of the wing that designer Bill Lear adapted from the Swiss military aircraft, the FFA P-16.[citation needed]...
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jet. Originally conceived of by the American aviation inventor Bill Lear as the LearStar 600, at the end of 1975, Canadair gave its backing to the concept;...
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Emil Matthew "Matty" Laird, Lloyd Stearman, Walter Beech, Al Mooney and Bill Lear began aircraft-manufacturing enterprises that led to Wichita becoming...
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Brandstetter was first elected in 1994 after incumbent representative Bill Lear retired. He was defeated for reelection in 1998 by Democrat Susan Westrom...
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Floyd E. "Bill" Lear was an American football and basketball coach. Lear was the head football coach at Alma College in Alma, Michigan. He held that position...
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including takeoff and landing, completely under the control of an autopilot. Bill Lear developed his F-5 automatic pilot, and automatic approach control system...
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cartridge system, electronics and aerospace entrepreneur Bill Lear had an employee of Lear Jet Corporation create a modified derivative, resulting in...
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total of 141 passengers were on board, including Neil Armstrong and Bill Lear's widow, Moya. The previous speed record of 45 hours, 26 minutes, and 55...
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1941), Australian music composer Moya Lear (1915–2001), American businesswoman and wife of aviation pioneer Bill Lear Moya Llewelyn Davies (1881–1943), Irish...
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as Russian Premier Yvonne Craig as Natasha, the Ballerina Bill Lear – credited as W. P. Lear Sr. – makes a cameo appearance as himself. Coburn later said...
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– featuring a protagonist who was a loose composite of Howard Hughes, Bill Lear, Harry Cohn, and Louis B. Mayer. The Carpetbaggers takes the reader from...
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