An overhead view of a car carrying Howard Hughes and others at a parade dedicated to Howard Hughes in Texas.

The black and white view of Howard Hughes sitting in an unidentified plane surrounded by unnamed people in Glendale, California. Printed on a paper included with the photograph: "Howard Hughes is shown at Glendale, Calif., after a nonstop flight from Chicago. (Press Association) (H.H. 16)."

A view of Howard Hughes' Hercules preparing for taxi tests in Long Beach, California.

A view of Howard Hughes emerging from the Lockheed 14 aircraft after landing it in Chicago.

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). From Slides #1550 through 1557. Newspaper title text: “Soviet Downs American Plane; U.S. Says It Was Weather Craft; Khrushchev Sees Summit Blow.”