Howard Hughes being greeted by Grover Whalen at either Floyd Bennett Field or Holmes Airport.

An up close view of Howard Hughes (left) with an unidentified man at a banquet dedicated to Howard Hughes in Texas.

Howard Hughes sitting in a car and waving at a crowd during a parade held for Hughes.

An unidentified man handing Howard Hughes a certificate during a banquet dedicated to Howard Hughes in Texas.

Howard Hughes sitting in a car and waving at a crowd during a parade held for Hughes.

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 at a parade held for himself in Chicago.