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 jets. He also invented the battery eliminator for the B battery and developed the car radio and the 8-track cartridge, an audio tape system.[1] Throughout his career of 46 years, Lear received over 140 patents.[2]
^Stim and Pressman 2007, p. 20.
^Brittain, J.E. (December 2003). "William P. Lear and his contributions to radio and aviation". Proceedings of the IEEE. 91 (12): 2068–2069. doi:10.1109/jproc.2003.819609.
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a Learjet, and he was named vice president of the Learjet Company by BillLear as an honorary title (he had no line responsibility at the company). He...
and Australia. Stereo 8 was created in 1964 by a consortium led by BillLear of Lear Jet Corporation, along with Ampex, Ford Motor Company, General Motors...
Grace. She had serenity." In 1956, Kelly resided in a home rented from BillLear in the Pacific Palisades, California for the duration of her filming....
the last legacy Learjet, using a variation of the wing that designer BillLear adapted from the Swiss military aircraft, the FFA P-16.[citation needed]...
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including takeoff and landing, completely under the control of an autopilot. BillLear developed his F-5 automatic pilot and automatic approach control system...
Brandstetter was first elected in 1994 after incumbent representative BillLear retired. He was defeated for reelection in 1998 by Democrat Susan Westrom...
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– featuring a protagonist who was a loose composite of Howard Hughes, BillLear, Harry Cohn, and Louis B. Mayer. The Carpetbaggers takes the reader from...
the Seattle Thunderbirds, Bill Yuill, also joined the group. Larson and MacFarland, along with Barry Ackerley and BillLear, Ackerley's financial advisor...
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