Description given with photograph: "Howard Hughes in New York after making a high altitude flight from Los Angeles during which he tested a new two-ounce oxygen mask."
A view of the controls of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat in Long Beach, California. Howard Hughes (right) is standing next to an unidentified man (probably a mechanic, left).
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). The B-58 Hustler was the world's first supersonic bomber. It was one of the many first line Air Force planes inspected by Senator Cannon.
The black and white view of Howard Hughes and his crew exiting the Lockheed 14 aircraft after they performed the final landing on the Round the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Crowds jammed on field around Hughes' plane New York City-- Police holding back part of the wildly cheering crowd of 30,000 persons from the plane of Howard Hughes after Hughes and his crew of four had landed the faint Lockheed at Floyd Bennett Field, July 14th, after the record-smashing 3 day, 19 hour, 14 minute flight around the world. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38 (SS)"
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Mr. Carl Ardery, pilot of the New Republic F-105F, who is demonstrating the aircraft and procedures.
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Mr. Carl Ardery, pilot of the New Republic F-105F, who is demonstrating the aircraft and procedures.
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Mr. Carl Ardery, pilot of the New Republic F-105F, who is demonstrating the aircraft and procedures.