John Lear Photo Gallery
John's Family Photo's
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John Lear gets ready to check out a CF-104A Lockheed Starfighter.
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John Lear with his ballet troupe

Photos Published in an article "The Lear Gene" By Karen Di Piazza  Nov 2005
Airport Journals

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Capt. John Lear in his Boeing 707 cockpit,
when he worked for Trans Mediterranean Airlines in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1976.
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John Lear with his 02-B
Right to left, John Lear, John’s dad Bill Lear and unidentified man.
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John Lear, Bill Lear Sr. and Bill Lear Jr. appear happy after landing in Reno in 1977.
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John and Bill Sr. share a “fatherly” moment.
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Bill Lear Jr. and wife Brenda in front of a Learjet at Wichita in 1993.
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L to R: John Lear, Moya Lear and Bill Lear Jr.
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L to R: Actress June Allyson, Bill Lear Jr., actor Dick Powell and Martha Joy (McKee) Crawford, Lear Jr.’s fiancée, in front of his first P-38, “The Martha J” (Bendix Race, 1946).
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L to R: Bill Lear, actor Bob Cummings, Bill Lear Jr. and former wife Yola Lear, 
and Paul Mantz dine at the Beverly Hills Hotel in 1957.
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Bill Lear Jr. with his father in 1964, celebrating Learjet sales in Wichita.
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The Learjet and the Swiss P-16 at Altenrhein, Switzerland (circa 1965).
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L to R: NAA observer John Zimmerman, Bill Lear, John Lear (as copilot at age 18), Moya Lear, Hank Beaird (chief pilot) and Rick King (copilot), in front of Learjet N427LJ after completing the round-the-world, record-setting flight on May 23, 1966.
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Marilee and John Lear in 1971, after landing a Learjet in Palm Springs, Calif.
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The Lear Fan was Bill Lear’s last project before his death in 1978, but in 1985, 
just months before certification, the project went bust.


Posted by Michael Sherrer - February 9, 2014

In the autobiography, “Fly Fast, Sin Boldly; Flying, Spying, & Surviving,” 
William P. Lear Jr. reveals that his father was too much of a perfectionist to be a good dad.
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Last year, at age 76, Bill Lear Jr. piloted an aircraft for the last time. He flew his friend’s L39 at Spruce Creek.
Cairo 1981


Posted by William Robert Talbot - January 22, 2010
 John & Marilee Lear, 1981 with Allison & Jax — with Keith Regan, Jax, Marilee Lear, Allison Lear and John Lear.


Posted by Jax Norris - April 12, 2012
John Lear with his Father
Family Outing Getting a Christmas Tree


Posted by Jax Norris - December 8, 2012


Posted by Jax Norris - December 8, 2012


Posted by Jax Norris - December 8, 2012


Posted by Jax Norris - December 8, 2012


Posted by Jax Norris - December 8, 2012 - With Marilee Lear and John Lear.


Posted by Jax Norris - December 8, 2012 - With Marilee Lear and John Lear.

Posted by Jax Norris - October 25, 2011 - With Marilee Lear


Posted by Jax Norris - October 25, 2011 - Nothing better than a Grandpop/Grandson nap!


Posted by Jax Norris - October 25, 2011


 Posted by Jax Norris - October 25, 2011 - Poppa had $.50 cent pieces and gold dollars!!!


Posted by Jax Norris - October 25, 2011 - Grandma and Poppa!

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