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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat, Long Beach, California, November 03, 1947
Date
1947-11-03
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Before Surprise Flight, Long Beach, Calif.: No longer land-locked, Howard Hughes' 200-ton flying boat, world's largest plane, rides free in Los Angeles harbor after being floated for the first time. The builder and pilot later took the controversial plane into the air for a surprise one-mile flight during taxing trials. Credit (ACME) 11-3-47."
Image
Howard Hughes entering the hull of the Hughes Flying Boat with Joe Petrali, assistant director of service and flight, 1947
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00321
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 11
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 11
Archival Component
Howard Hughes, wearing pilot's overalls and gear with parachute, at the tail of the Hughes H-1 Racer, in Newark, New Jersey, 1937
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00321
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 04
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 04
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes with his crew on the HK-1 Flying Boat in the Los Angeles Harbor, 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes on the flight deck of the HK-1, Flying Boat (the largest plane in the world) discussing with his flight engineer and radio operator, Dave Evans, the plans for the next day's taxi testing of the 400,000 pound craft. The flight deck occupies the upper level in the nose of the 219-foot hull. The Flying Boat was assembled on Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor.
Image
Howard Hughes, N. E. Boehm, and an unidentified man examining machinery in the Hughes Tool Company plant, 1938 July 30
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00321
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 06
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 06
Archival Component
Howard Hughes with a group of men inside the Hughes Tool Company shop in Houston, Texas, 1938 July 30
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00321
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 04
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 04
Archival Component
Howard Hughes and unidentified co-pilot at the gauge panel of the Hughes HK-1 Flying Boat, 1947 October 31
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00321
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 09
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 09
Archival Component
Howard Hughes' Aviation Hall of Fame inventories and descriptions of film reels and photographs featuring Hughes, 1975 to 1976
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Film Production Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 532 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 532 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Howard Hughes, co-pilot Joseph Bartles, and navigator Robert Stevens at the controls of their Lockheed Constellation after landing at LaGuardia Field in New York City, 1946 February 15
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 20
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 20
Archival Component
Howard Hughes, co-pilot Joseph Bartles, and navigator Robert Stevens at the controls of their Lockheed Constellation after landing at LaGuardia Field in New York City, 1946 February 15
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 20
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 20
Archival Component