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14/05/1978 Inventor and businessman Bill Lear dies

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Bill Lear discusses the FoxJet with Tony Fox

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Clay Lacy's 1964 Lear Jet 23/24 N1965L (s/n 012)

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Learjet 23 landing KFXE

Bill Lear was an American inventor and businessman and the creator of the battery eliminator, B battery and 8-track tape sound-recording technology. In the late 1950s, Bill Lear founded the Swiss American Aviation Corporation which manufactured private, luxury aircraft. It was later renamed Learjet. One of its most famous designs was Learjet 23, introduced in 1964. Learjet is currently a subsidiary of Canadian Bombardier Aerospace.