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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen, 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes is appointed Aeronautic Adviser to the New York Worlds Fair 1939 by Grover Whalen, its president."
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes, June 04, 1938
Date
1938-06-04
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes leaving his private hangar as he is wished "happy landings" and well wishes by friends before he boards his speedy Lockheed plane at Union Air Terminal in Burbank, California.
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men, circa 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes (third from left) standing with unidentified men in a building possibly located in Texas.
Image
Photograph of the XF-11 as it is about to take off for its first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from attachment to photo: "NEW LONG-RANGE PLANE ANNOUNCED CULVER CITY, CALIF., The FX-11 took off today on its first test flight. One of the world's fastest long-range photographic planes, it was designed and built by Howard Hughes in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers. It has a wing spread of 101 feet, 4 inches, and is powered by two 3000-horsepower radial engines with eight-bladed contra-rotating propellers. Army officials said it can attain a speed of more than 400 miles per hour and has a ceiling of more than 40,000 feet." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Howard Hughes sits in the cockpit of the XF-11, a reconnaissance plane that Hughes built and designed in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers. Hughes is preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947."
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Howard Hughes with a group of men inside the Hughes Tool Company shop in Houston, Texas, 1938 July 30
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00321
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 04
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 04
Archival Component
Alexander Troyanovsky, Soviet Ambassador to the U.S., and Howard Hughes at the Moscow Airdrome, Moscow, Russia, 1938 July 12
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00321
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 06
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 06
Archival Component
Edward Lund, Howard Hughes, Harry Connor, and Lieutenant Thomas Thurlow, Houston, Texas, 1938 July 30
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00321
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 06
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 06
Archival Component
Howard Hughes surrounded by a crowd at Le Bourget Field in France in front of a Lockheed-14, 1938 July 11
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00321
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 04
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 04
Archival Component
Police awaiting arrival of Howard Hughes's plane at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York, 1938 July 14
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 08
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 08
Archival Component
Crowd awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes's plane at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York, 1938 July 14
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 08
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 08
Archival Component