The black and white view of the Lockheed 14 aircraft taking off on a part of Howard Hughes' Around the World flight. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "The Howard Hughes plane taking off from Minneapolis on their way to New York to complete a round the world flight."
A view of Howard Hughes (right) after being asked about his controversial XF-11 photo reconnaissance plane by Senator Harry Cain (left), Republican of Washington, in Culver City, California.
Howard Hughes giving a news Conference beside his airplane after landing in New York. This was his first flight after the nearly fatal XF-11 prototype crash in 1946.