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Photograph of Howard Hughes and crew member inside of the HK-1 Flying Boat, 1947

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Date

1947

Description

Howard Hughes inspecting the equipment on the flight deck inside of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, which he designed and built. The man pictured behind Hughes is possibly Earl Martyn, Hughes' flight engineer. The Flying Boat was near completion and was located on Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor.

Digital ID

whh000270

Physical Identifier

0321_0296
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Citation

whh000270. Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs, 1916-1997. PH-00321. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d17d2qf2d

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Digital Provenance

Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

Date Digitized

2012-08-13

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5401 x 4188 pixels
9.00 x 6.98 inches
64,710,000 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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image/tiff