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Photograph of workmen completing the final arrangements for the test of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, November 2, 1947

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Date

1947-11-02

Description

The interior of the 219-foot long hull of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat, on the day of the craft's initial water taxi tests. The picture was taken from the center section of the 400,000 pound aircraft. Workmen were completing the final arrangements for the test in the background.

Digital ID

whh000282

Physical Identifier

0321_0304
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Citation

whh000282. 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/d1pg1hv8j

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Digital Provenance

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

Date Digitized

2012-08-17

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5401 x 4292 pixels
9.00 x 7.15 inches
66,320,000 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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image/tiff