Aerial view of Lake Mead Lodge in Boulder City, Nevada. Photograph taken by the Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada. Site Name: Lake Mead Lodge (Boulder City, Nev.)
Howard Hughes sits in the cockpit of the XF-11, a reconnaissance plane that Hughes built and designed in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers. Hughes is preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947.