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The Howard Hughes Corporation; Hughes Aviation Center

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

JMA Architecture Studio Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00783
Collection Name: JMA Architecture Studio Records
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Photograph of Howard Hughes sitting in the cockpit of the XF-11 preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947

Date

1947

Description

Transcribed from press release attached to back of photo: "NEW PHOTO PLANE TEST-FLOWN CULVER CITY, California, July 7 -- Howard Hughes, who designed and built the new FX-11 reconnaissance plane in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers, sits in the pilot's bubble-glass canopy preparing for the first test flight. One of the world's fastest long-range photo planes, the XF-11 can attain a speed of more than 400 miles per hour, Army officials said. It is powered by two 3000-horsepower radial engines with eight-bladed contra-rotating propellers. Outstanding features include a full-span flap, unique eight-camera layout, and exceptionally fast take-off." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Howard Hughes sits in the cockpit of the XF-11, a reconnaissance plane that Hughes built and designed in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers. Hughes is preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947.

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Hughes, Howard, 1978

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00561
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 033

Archival Component

Photograph of Howard Hughes amongst crowd, Chicago, 1938

Date

1938

Description

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

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others, Los Angeles, 1938

Date

1938

Description

Howard Hughes (second from the right) standing with other unidentified men near his plane in the hangar at the Grand Central Air Terminal in Los Angeles.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes in his plane, January 1936

Date

1936-01

Description

Howard Hughes posing in the cockpit of his plane, probably the Northrop Gamma Racer.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the Northrop Gamma Racer, 1936

Date

1936

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes in the cockpit of the Northrop Gamma Racer.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes with the Northrop Gamma Racer, 1936

Date

1936-01

Description

Written on back: "Howard Hughes and Al Lodwick, 1/37."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, Washington, August 06, 1947

Date

1947-08-06

Description

Description given with photo: "Howard Hughes In Washington, Washington: In good humor and wearing his battered "good luck" felt hat that he wore in his recent plane crash, plane manufacturer, Howard Hughes leaves national airport following his overnight flight from the west coast to appear before the Senate War Investigating Sub-committee today (Aug. 6). Credit (ACME)."

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United Artists Corporation pressbook rejected from consideration by Howard Hughes, 1949 July 08

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Film Production Records
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Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 112 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component