Description given with photograph: "Hughes sets new transcontinental transport mark. Floyd Bennet Field, NY--- Howard Hughes, millionaire flier, setting his famous round-the-world transport plane down here, early August 20th, after a record-smashing flight from Los Angeles. Hughes and three companions completed the trip in 10 hours 32 minutes and 20 seconds, shattering the record of 11 hours and five minutes set four years ago by Tommy Tomlinson. The flight was made most of the way in the substratosphere at an average altitude of 17, 000 feet. Credit Line ACME."
From the Tom and Erma Godbey Photograph Collection (PH-00262) -- Written on the back of the photograph, "1934 First Boulder City parade that the Drum & Bugle Corps were in. L-R: Front Row Ray Wiggins, Freddie Miller, Tommy Godbey, Jack Wheeler; Second Row Bonnie Buck, Norma Smiley, Freddie Abercrombie; Third Row (?), Ralph Hornsworth."
Description given with photo: "Just A Few Words Please, New York -- Howard Hughes says a few words for the radio audience just after his arrival here late last night, Sept. 11th, from Kansas City. The multi-millionaire movie producer and flier flew the distance from Kansas City to New York in four hours and 38 minutes, piloting his converted B-23 army transport. Creditline (ACME) 9/12/46."