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Photograph of Hughes H-1 Racer, Image 002

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Date

1945

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Along with the information is this card entitled "Record Breaker." It reads: "First product of Hughes Aircraft Company was Howard Hughes' uniquely designed H-1. Experts said it was farther ahead of its time than any plane built since the Wright brothers'. In 1935 Hughes flew the H-1 to a world's land plane speed record of 352 mph, many years before any military pursuit planes attained this speed, and in 1937 Hughes flew the H-1 from Los Angeles to New York in seven hours, 28 minutes, a record which stood for eight years. The H-1 was the first plane with a smooth metal surface, leading edge air duct intakes, jet thrust exhaust, bell-shaped cowling, drooping ailerons, and the first to have a power-driven retractable landing gear. -0- "

Digital ID

whh000068-02

Physical Identifier

0321_0252
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    Citation

    whh000068-02. Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs, 1916-1997. PH-00321. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

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

    Date Digitized

    2005-01-06

    Publisher

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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    image/tiff