A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946.
Howard Hughes with his flight engineer and Dave Evans, radio operator, preparing for the Flying Boat's taxi test the next day. The group is shown on the flight deck of the 24,000 horsepower craft. The Flying Boat was assembled on Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor.
The black and white view of crowds surrounding the Lockheed 14 aircraft in Le Bourget Airfield, France. Text printed on the photograph's accompanying strip of paper: As world fliers arrived at Le Bourget, France-- Officials, photographers, and newspapermen, swarming about Howard Hughes' plane, shortly after Hughes and his companions arrived here, completing the transatlantic lef of their sensational flight round-the-world
Description given with photo: "Flying Boat Takes Off - Pedro, Calif. : With all eight motors roaring, Howard Hughes' giant plywood flying boat skims across the surface of Los Angeles harbor at 95 miles per hour on November 2nd. Shortly afterward, Hughes lifted the plane into the air for an unscheduled half-mile flight. Credit Line (ACME) 11/04/47."