Description given with photo: "Howard Hughes Flying Boat at Terminal Island. (Inside fuselage to the rear taken from forward section) Long Beach, Cal."
Howard Hughes on the flight deck of the HK-1, Flying Boat (the largest plane in the world) discussing with his flight engineer and radio operator, Dave Evans, the plans for the next day's taxi testing of the 400,000 pound craft. The flight deck occupies the upper level in the nose of the 219-foot hull. The Flying Boat was assembled on Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor.
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). The group participate in the groundbreaking "New Research Facility for Edgerton, Germshausen and Grier - Airport Industrial Tract"
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Hope Roberts (Reno, Nevada), Minnie Alderman (Ely, Nevada), Marian Elliott (Las Vegas, Nevada).
A diagram of Hughes' record-making Lockheed Plane. Typed on a piece of paper included with the image:"Pictured above is a diagram showing the construction and the special features of the Lockheed 14 monoplane in which Howard Hughes and his picked crew of four made their record flight from New York City to Paris, France, on their dash around the world. Credit line (Aero Digest from ACME) 7/11/1938."