Description given with photo: "Flying Boat Put To Test - San Pedro, Calif. : Howard Hughes pilots his much-publicized flying boat on the first of a series of taxi runs in Los Angeles harbor on November 2nd. Shortly afterward, the millionaire plane builder took the giant ship up on a surprise half-mile flight. Credit Line (ACME) 11/04/47."
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Handwritten on verso: "Left to Right: Pat Goodall (Pres of UNLV); Caesar Caviglia (V.P. CCCC Advisory Board); Bucky Buchanon (Regent); Judith S. Eaton (President CCCC); Howard Cannon; Robert Cashall (Pres, Bd. og Regents); Robert Bersi (Chancellor)." Clark County Community College commencement exercises.
Howard Hughes is sitting on the ground examining an architectural drawing of the Hughes Culver City plant. There is a section on "Intake Duct Body Plan."