A view of Howard Hughes sitting in the back of a car, likely being driven to a New York hotel, after landing the Lockheed 14 at Floyd Bennett Field. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes on his way to a hotel after arriving in New York. 7-14-38. (Press Association)"

An overhead view of the near-fatal crash of Howard Hughes' XF-11 in Culver City, California.

A view of people leaning out of building windows to see Howard Hughes at a parade in Chicago.

Transcribed from back of photo: "Howard Hughes in the cockpit of the new XF-11 reconnaissance plane which he designed and built in conjuntion with Air Material Command engineers. He is preparing for its first flight. One of the world's fastest long-range photo planes, it can attain a speed of over 400 miles per hour."

A view of Howard Hughes conversing with an unidentified group of people in California.

A view of Howard Hughes conversing with an unidentified group of people in California.

Howard Hughes in an Ambassador Hotel suite, Los Angeles, California, March 2, 1938.