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Folder 11, LLB, 3, SCA Main Stacks, Collection Cabinets [Cabinet: 12, Drawer: A], PH--00321, Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs

Archival objects in this container:

  1. Portrait of Howard Hughes, approximately 1935-1946
  2. Trans World Airlines Constellation plane during a test flight, 1947 May 02
  3. Trans World Airlines Constellation plane during a test flight, 1947 May 02
  4. Trans World Airlines Constellation plane during a test flight, 1947 May 02
  5. Howard Hughes test-piloting the XF-11, Culver City, California, 1947 April 05
  6. Trans World Airlines Constellation plane during a test flight, 1947 May 02
  7. Howard Hughes test-piloting the XF-11, Culver City, California, 1947 April 05
  8. Trans World Airlines Constellation plane during a test flight, 1947 May 02
  9. Howard Hughes next to an XF-11 prototype, 1947 April 03
  10. Trans World Airlines Constellation plane during a test flight, 1947 May 02
  11. Howard Hughes at the controls of a Trans World Airlines Constellation demonstrating its new radar safety device, 1947 May 01
  12. Howard Hughes at the controls of a Trans World Airlines Constellation demonstrating its new radar safety device, 1947 May 01
  13. Three unidentified men and one unidentified woman outside of a Trans World Airlines plane, approximately 1940-1950
  14. Three unidentified men and one unidentified woman outside of a Trans World Airlines plane, approximately 1940-1950
  15. Captain Jack Le Claire explains the Howard Hughes-designed airline radar "automatic terrain clearance indicator" to James M. Landis, chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board, 1947
  16. Howard Hughes entering the hull of the Hughes Flying Boat with Joe Petrali, assistant director of service and flight, 1947
  17. Howard Hughes and Earl Martyn inside of the HK-1 Hughes Flying Boat, 1947
  18. Possibly Richard Stoddart or Earl Martyn inside of the Hughes Flying Boat examining its equipment near as it was nearing completion, 1947
  19. Howard Hughes on the flight deck of the HK-1 Flying Boat discussing with his flight engineer and radio operator, Dave Evans, the plans for the next day's taxi testing, 1947
  20. Howard Hughes sits at the controls the HK-1 Flying Boat a day prior to its first tests in the Los Angeles Harbor in California, 1947 November 01
  21. Howard Hughes with his flight engineer and Dave Evans, radio operator, preparing for the Flying Boat's taxi test, 1947 November 01
  22. HK-1 Flying Boat immediately after its launch before taxi tests, 1947 November 02
  23. Interior of the Hughes Flying Boat, 1947 November 02
  24. HK-1 Hughes Flying Boat flying 70 feet above the water for one-mile during taxi tests over the Los Angeles Harbor, 1947 November 02
  25. HK-1 Hughes Flying Boat, 1947 November 02