The black and white view of members of the Aeronautical Association awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes and his Lockheed 12 aircraft at the Floyd Bennett Airport in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Official timers of Aeronautical Association compare their precision chronometers as Lockheed-14 roars overhead, marking end of Round-the-World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport." Typed onto a second piece of paper also attached to the image: "Official timers of the Aeronautical Association shown at Floyd Bennett Field comparing their precision chronometers as Howard Hughes' plane roared overhead marking the end of his Flight Around The World. July 1938."

Howard Hughes sitting at long table with several unidentified people at a banquet dedicated to him in Texas.

The black and white view of Howard Hughes after breaking his own cross country speed record.

An overhead view of Howard Hughes sitting in a car and waving at the crowd, attending a parade held for him in Chicago.

The black and white, view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft performing its final landing on the Round the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Scene at Floyd Bennett Field as Howard Hughes and his crew landed after completing a round the world flight..... 7-14-38. (Press Association)"

A view of Howard Hughes sitting in his XF-11 near Culver City, California.

A view of Howard Hughes sitting in his XF-11 near Culver City, California.