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Photograph of Howard Hughes installing radar, Culver City, California, May 03, 1947

Date

1947-05-03

Description

Description given with photo: "Hughes Pilots Radar-Equipped Plane Culver City, Calif. -- First passenger plane equipped with radar is flown in demonstration May 1st by Howard Hughes (left) and co-pilot R.C. Loomis over Culver City. Pilots using this equipment will be warned of approaching obstacles by lights flashing on radar panel. Two lights (lefts) with 2,000-foot range, are used to guarantee clearance over mountains; two lights (right) with 500-foot range, are a safety device for approaches and landings. Either set of lights warns against approaching aircraft. Trans-World Airline plans to install radar on its passenger planes. Credit (ACME) 5-3-47."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men, circa 1938

Date

1938

Description

Howard Hughes (bottom row, fourth from the right) standing with a group of unidentified men possibly in Texas.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men, circa 1938

Date

1938

Description

Howard Hughes (facing the camera) standing amongst a crowd of unidentified men in a building possibly located in Texas.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men, circa 1938

Date

1938

Description

Howard Hughes (left) standing beside unidentified men in a building possibly located in Texas.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others on stage, Chicago, 1938

Date

1938

Description

A view of Howard Hughes and others standing on stage in front of a crowd in Chicago.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes in Wichita, Kansas, July 4, 1938

Date

1938-07-04

Description

Howard Hughes after landing at Wichita, Kansas on the first part of a flight to New York.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes in New York, July 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

A view of Howard Hughes in the back of an automobile in New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes on his way to a hotel after arriving in New York. 7-14-38. (Press Association)"

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men, circa 1938

Date

1938

Description

Howard Hughes (center) standing beside two unidentidied men in a building possibly located in Texas.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men, circa 1938

Date

1938

Description

Howard Huges (second from left) standing with unidentified men in a building possibly located in Texas.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes amongst crowd, Chicago, 1938

Date

1938

Description

A smiling Howard Hughes walking through a crowd after landing the Lockheed 14 aircraft in Chicago.

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