Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: "When Hughes arrives at Le Bourget on world trip. Paris-- French air experts examining Howard Hughes' arrival at Le Bourget. After a few minor repairs, Hughes and his companions hopped off for Moscow, second leg of their circuit of the globe in 3 days and 19 hours."

Seated during a banquet, Clifford, James Howard "Dutch" Kindelberger (President and General Manager of North American Aviation), Larsen Warren, Noah Dietrich (Chief Executive Officer of Howard Hughes Corporation 1925-1957), Bowron, Gorss, maybe Rentzel, ?, and General Ira C. Eaker (Vice President of Hughes Tool Company and Hughes Aircraft) attending.

Crowd at a parade in New York City celebrating the completion of Howard Hughes' Around-the-World Flight!

Back of the image with information about the plane, entitled "High-Speed Photo Plane Revealed." The inscription reads: "Culver City, Calif., July 7 -- A new high-speed, long-range photographic plane was revealed in its first test flight here today. The XF-11, designed and built by Howard Hughes in conjunction with the Army Air Force, is of entirely new design and will permit very thorough reconnaissance missions. 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. -oo- Neg. No.HXF-1 Slug: High-Speed Photo Plane Revealed."