Bill Lear

Morey. Lear developed radio direction finders autopilots and the first fully automatic aircraft landing system. "


Radio engineer
Lear was self-taught: "He had read widely on wireless including the works of Nicola Tesla the Croatian-Serbian wizard.

He is best known for founding the Lear Jet Corporation a manufacturer of business jets. William Powell (Bill) Lear (June 26 1902 – May 14 1978) was an American inventor and businessman. He also invented the first car radio and developed the 8-track cartridge an audio tape system which was widely used in the 1960s and 1970s.