Description given with photo: "Hughes' "Hercules" Ready For Tests, Long Beach, Cal. -- An aerial view shows Howard Hughes' giant plywood seaplane "Hercules" ready for taxi tests at Long Beach. The initial flight of the plane, which cost $20,000,000 and will seat 700 persons, will not be attempted until early in 1947. #1 MGS for Credit. ACME. 10/13/46."
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). 1962. Stamped on verso: "Official Air Force Photo." Stamped on verso: "Base Photographic Laboratory - Langley Air Force Base, Virginia" Howard Cannon makes final adjustments to his oxygen mask prior to his take-off in the McDonnell F-110.