Howard Hughes, Tom Thurlow, Harry Connor, Richard Staddart, and Dale Powers with an unidentified aircraft behind them in New York. Typed on a piece of paper attached to the image: "Hughes flies to New York for hop to Paris. L to R L. Tom Thurlow and Harry Connor, Hughes, Richard Stoddart and Dale Powers. 7/4/1938."
The black and white, aerial view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft after performing its final landing on the Round the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Crowds welcome round the world flyers at Floyd Bennett Field 7/14/38. (Press Association)"
Howard Hughes in the Lockheed 14. Typed on a piece of paper attached to the image: "Howard Hughes, lifting his plane and headed for Wichita, Kansas, on the first leg of his flight to Newark, N.J. from where he will hop-off for Paris."
The black and white, aerial view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft performing its final landing on the Round the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Journey's End for World Fliers! Floyd Bennett Airport, N. Y. ---- The "World's Fair 1939.," Howard Hughes' silver monoplane, shown on the ground just after it landed here, concluding an amazing globe-girdling flight in total elapsed time of 3 days, 19 hours, 10 seconds. A crowd of officials surround the plane. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38."
Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Chicago Cheers Hughes and Companions, Chicago -- Howard Hughes, leader of the quintet that flew Around the World in 3 days, 19 hours, and Mayor Edward J. Kelly, of Chicago, riding at the head of the parade that the city staged in honor of Hughes and his four companions. Credit Lines (ACME) 7/30/38. (NY)."