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Photograph of the Hughes Racer at the Newark Airport, New Jersey, January 1937
Date
1937-01
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of the Hughes Racer at Newark Airport after setting new transcontinental record of 332 miles an hour.
Image
Photograph of Hughes XF-11 in flight, April 4, 1947
Date
1947-04-04
Archival Collection
Description
Date stamped on back of photo: April 3, 1947. Transcribed from attached press release: "HUGHES FLIES DUPLICATE OF CRASH PLANE CULVER CITY, Calif., April 5 -- Howard Hughes, famed flier-industrialist, today test-piloted the plane pictured here, a duplicate of the XF-11 photo-reconnaissance ship which he nearly lost his life in an accident last July 7. He designed and built the plane for the Army Air forces in conjunction with the Air Materiel Command engineers. He has recovered from the injuries sustained last year when the freak propeller trouble dashed the original XF-11 to earth. As usual, he today took personal responsibility for the first test flight of the new plane." The actual flying date is April 4, 1947.
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"The Message is Hughes" Hughes Space and Communications Company, undated
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00485
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 11, Digital File 00
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 11, Digital File 00
Archival Component
Howard Cannon portrait: photographic print
Date
1950 (year approximate) to 1983 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)
Image
Howard Cannon posing: photographic print
Date
1950 (year approximate) to 1983 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)
Image
Hughes HK-1 Hercules photographs, 1945-1947
Level of Description
Series
Scope and Contents
Materials contain photographs of the HK-1 Hercules, otherwise known as the "Spruce Goose" or the "Flying Boat," from 1945 to 1947. The photographs primarily depict the construction, transportation, and storage of the plane, but also include the first and only test flight of the HK-1 above Los Angeles Harbor in 1947. Howard Hughes designed the HK-1 as the world's largest plane, capable of transporting large quantities of U.S. military hardware and personnel. In 1947, under the program's new designation H-4 Hercules, Hughes had the plane transported from his factory in Culver City, California to Los Angeles Harbor. On November 2, he piloted the plane during its only test flight. The U.S. Air Force abandoned the controversial project, and Hughes was called to testify before the Truman Committee of the U.S. Senate to justify the use of government funds on a program that never succeeded.
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Bob McCaffery Collection on the Save the Hughes Flying Boat Campaign
Identifier
MS-00693
Abstract
The Bob McCaffery Collection on the Save the Hughes Flying Boat Campaign (1980-1983) documents efforts by activists to preserve the plane from destruction and its subsequent acquisition by the Aero Club of Southern California in 1980. The collection contains photographs and newspaper clippings about the Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat nicknamed the "Spruce Goose" from the 1980s.
Archival Collection
Photographs of the top of the Hughes H-1 Racer, 1945Photo
Date
1945
Archival Collection
Description
Top view of the Hughes H-1 Racer with an X painted over its R registration number on its starboard wing. The registration number NX 258Y is seen on the rudder. The back of hte image has information about the record-breaking flight using this plane.
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Senator Howard Cannon is pictured with a group of Nevada constituents and Harry Reid: photographic print, 1977 July
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Howard Cannon Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00192
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 14
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 14
Archival Component