Bill Lear And His Incredible Steam Machine

March, 1972

Bill Lear and His Incredible Steam MachineDriving Through the brown desert north of Reno, you begin to see signs for Leareno. It is neither a brand of local beer nor a new Italian singer at Harrah's; it is a dream. Right now there is little more to Leareno than brightly painted signs scattered among the scrubby gray-green brush. But plans are being drafted for a small city out here, built around a serpentine lake--Lake Lear--where men can play golf only a sliced tee shot away from their front do...