A Biography of John Lear
A Brief Biography of John Lear Dated
February 13, 1988 John Lear, 45, a captain for a major
charter airline, has flown 160 different types of aircraft
in over 50 different countries. He held 17 world speed
records in the Lear Jet including speed around the world
set in 1966 and is the only pilot ever to hold every airman
certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration.
These certificates include the following: Airline Transport
Rating Flight Instructor Ground Instructor Navigator Engineer
Dispatcher Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic Control Tower
Operator Parachute Rigger In addition to this, he holds the
PATCO award for Outstanding Airmanship presented in 1968
and the Symons Wave memorial. Lear has flown missions
worldwide for the CIA and other government agencies.
He flew in Southeast Asia between 1966 and 1973 and has
extensive experience in Europe, the Middle East, Afghanistan,
the Far East, Africa, and the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
He has also flown experimental and production test flights
for the Lear Jet Corp. and other companies. As a non-sked
pilot he has flown for 28 different airline companies in the
past 25 years. Lear studied Industrial Design in college
but left without graduating to fly airplanes. He quickly
checked out in single and multi-engine land and seaplanes,
helicopters, gliders, balloons, and fighter type aircraft.
While attending high school in Switzerland, Lear became
the youngest American to climb the Matterhorn in Zermatt.
In 1968 he pylon raced a Douglas B-26 Invader in the Reno Air
Races, the largest aircraft ever raced at Reno at the time.
At age 28, he was one of the youngest Boeing 707 captains
to fly in commercial service in 1973. A former Nevada State
Senate candidate, John is the son of William P. Lear, designer
of the Lear Jet executive aircraft, the 8-track stereo,
and founder of Lear Inc. (now Lear-Siegler Corp., a large
defense contractor). Lear has written extensively about
airplanes and other subjects and was Middle East correspondent
for "Combat Illustrated between 1975 and 1977 while stationed
in Lebanon with a cargo airline. Although Lear's father was
outspoken in his belief of the existence of extra-terrestrial
visitors (to the great concern of the Pentagon particularly
because Lear was a major defense contractor), Lear himself
only became interested in the subject 13 months ago after
talking with United States Air Force personnel who had
witnessed a UFO landing at Bentwaters Air Force Base near
London, England, and 3 small aliens walking up to the wing
commander. Lear's extensive worldwide civilian›military,
and intelligence contacts have made it easier for him to
research the subjects of what he calls, "Identified Alien
Aircraft". "The government has always been correct in their
pronouncements that UFO's did not represent a threat and that
they did not represent advanced advanced technology... but
nobody ever asked them about Identified Alien›Aircraft
(IAC's) which sure as hell do!", comments Lear. "Although
deceptive, most government statements concerning UFO's have
been essentially correct." Lear is an amateur astronomer
and photographer. He has won several awards for his photos
taken during his worldwide travels and is also an accomplished
yachtsman having campaigned his own 12 meter Americas Cup boat
"Soliloquy" out of Marina Del Rey, California for two years.
Lear is Vice-Commander of the Generals Ward and Chennaylt
Post No. 1 (the Soldiers of Fortune Post) of the American
Legion, member of the Special Operations Association, and
Confederate Air Force. Lear, who has 4 daughters, lives in
Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife. Marilee, a former actress,
and 2 youngest children, Allison 14, and Jacqueline 10.
His hobbies include carpentry and gardening.
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