Talk:Bill Lear

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Radio engineer[edit]

I edited:

"One of his first ventures was with Lawrence Sorensen, selling Loose radio Couplers",

to read:

"One of his first ventures was with Lawrence Sorensen, selling "Loose Coupler" radios"

As the former makes no sense at all.

Untitled[edit]

Removed stub markers because I believe this arcitle is a quality article, and is long enough to merit the stub's removal. (7/13/05)

8 track[edit]

Didn't he also invent the 8 track system?

Yep. It's in there. --Pilo t|guy 21:22, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Car Radio[edit]

Did he invent the automobile radio?

Yes. The paragraph on that is misplaced under "Life". Want to fix it? Dicklyon 19:53, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I added that to the intro because I thought it was pretty important.--Gloriamarie (talk) 02:38, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

His son[edit]

There is no mention to his son John Lear, the famous inventor. Why? It would enrich the article!

Well, right now there is a tiny mention, one or two sentences that says he is a "ufologist" and a "conspiracy theorist," but nothing more. Also, John Lear's *own* page has apparently been deleted, and that is a crying shame. John Lear deserves his own page, for sure. HendixVibrato (talk) 17:33, 9 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Collier Trophy[edit]

There is no mention of the President of the United States awarding him the Collier Trophy. Tcisco 18:43, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Now there is! Thx for the tip. But 8+ years, oh my. — Rgdboer (talk) 23:23, 22 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Steiger 2001 citation too skimpy[edit]

The article's note 17 cites a work by Steiger from 2001, but a full citation is missing and a superficial Google search doesn't make finding it obvious. (This came up because someone on a radio program mentioned a statement in this Wikipedia article, but said they didn't believe it; this is supposed to be the source for the statement.) Nick Levinson (talk) 21:21, 2 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The reference concerns son John Lear and has an incomplete reference:

Lear's son John is an accomplished pilot and ufologist, noted in the latter field for promoting a variety of theories which were based, he claimed, on information obtained from military contacts.Reference: Steiger 2001, p. 737.

The comment was removed pending an improved reference. — Rgdboer (talk) 22:05, 2 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, the radio comment and what I tried to look up was about the daughter said to have been named Crystal Shanda Lear as if the pun was intended. I took the Steiger citation as applying to the paragraph; if it didn't, then the remaining part of the paragraph is unsourced, except where the next paragraph overlaps it. What is now note 17 seems irrelevant to her name but what is now note 18 supports "Shanda" but not "Crystal". I'd rather not edit this, not knowing enough myself. Nick Levinson (talk) 01:22, 10 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Breedlove[edit]

The following was removed:

In 1969, Lear and his friend Art Linkletter offered their support for Craig Breedlove's supersonic car project.^{[citation needed]}

This "support" is not documented and the supersonic car was not built. — Rgdboer (talk) 01:42, 15 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]