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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the XF-11, after his successful test flight, April 5, 1947
Date
1947-04-05
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from attached press release: "HUGHES TEST-PILOTS SECOND XF-11. CULVER CITY, Calif., April 5. Preparatory to making its first flight test today, Howard Hughes, famed flier-industrialist, is shown in the cockpit of the second XF-11 sister ship to the plane in which he almost lost his life in an accident last July 7. Hughes designed and built the ship, one of the world's fastest long-range reconnaissance planes for the Army Air forces in conjunction with the Air Materiel Command engineers."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes with XH-17 helicopter, Culver City, California, October 23, 1952
Date
1952-10-23
Archival Collection
Description
L-R: Rea Hopper, Director of the Aeronautical Division, Hughes Aircraft Company; Howard Hughes; Clyde Jones, Director of Engineering, Hughes Tool Company Aeronautical Division; Warren Reed, Assistant; Col. Carl E. Jackson, Air Research and Development Headquarters, Baltimore; Gale J. Moore, pilot; and unidentified pilot in front of the experimental helicopter XH-17 Flying Crane on October 23, 1952. This was one of Hughes' last public appearances.
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Newspaper clippings about Howard Hughes' life, 1946-1976
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00380
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
Box/Folder: Box 41, Box 42, Box 43
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
Box/Folder: Box 41, Box 42, Box 43
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes emerging from his Douglas DC-3, New York, April, 1947
Date
1947-04
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes emerging from his airplane after landing in New York. This was his first flight after the nearly fatal XF-11 prototype crash in 1946.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes giving a news conference next to his DC-3, New York, 1947
Date
1947-04
Archival Collection
Description
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.
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Photographs related to Howard Hughes and his companies, 1960 to 1999
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Hughes Aircraft Retirees Association Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01146
Collection Name: Hughes Aircraft Retirees Association Records
Box/Folder: Box 04
Collection Name: Hughes Aircraft Retirees Association Records
Box/Folder: Box 04
Archival Component
Brochures memorializing Howard Hughes' achievements in aviation, 1973-1976
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 01
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Director of Research, 1979-1980
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 09
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 09
Archival Component
Photograph of the arrival of Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York, July 14, 2013
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of the New York Police Force awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Airport in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "More than 1000 members of New York Police Force lined up on runway at Floyd Bennett Airport awaiting Howard Hughes and crew." Typed onto a second piece of paper attached to the image: "Hughes gives cops a busy day. New York - More than 1,000 members of New York's "finest" were on hand at Floyd Bennett Field as a record crowd gathered to welcome Howard Hughes and his crew. 4/14/38."
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Photograph of one of Howard Hughes' planes, circa late 1930s
Date
1937 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
A view of an unidentified plane with its propellers protected.
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