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Photograph of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, November 2, 1947

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Date

1947-11-02

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Howard Hughes' 400,000 pound Flying Boat flying 70 feet above the water for one-mile during taxi tests over the Los Angeles Harbor with Hughes at the controls. Hughes had scheduled taxi tests only for the 219-foot long ship, but it "felt so good" on the second taxi test run at 95 miles per hour that he took it off the water on the third and final run, which is shown in the photo.

Digital ID

whh000281

Physical Identifier

0321_0305
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    whh000281. 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/d1t727p1t

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

    Date Digitized

    2012-08-17

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    5919 x 4592 pixels
    9.70 x 7.65 inches
    76,430,000 bytes

    Language

    English

    Publisher

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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    image/tiff