Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/John Lear

In my opinion, deleting the article about this man was a great mistake. A Biography would be appreciated, without necessarily detailing his opinions.

It kinda makes Wikipedia like Pravda if you ask me.

That was my 2¢.

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.  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. � Yes VERY MUCH a person that no one would want to read about. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Looshmal (talk • contribs) 02:50, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

I wish this article was still here so that when people tell me about him, I could have all the information easily at hand when I go to prove them wrong. Now I have to use google.98.125.208.179 (talk) 16:05, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

It's a shame a few people declare this not notable and delete it. Despite John Lear being relatively well known. I thought Wikipedia was supposed to be rather unbiased; Guess not. Couldn't even slim the article down as previously noted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.44.96.103 (talk) 21:28, 16 August 2014 (UTC)