A view of the controls of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat in Long Beach, California. Howard Hughes is on the left.

A view of the controls of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat in Long Beach, California. Howard Hughes is on the right.

A view of the controls of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat in Long Beach, California. Howard Hughes is on the right.

Description given with photo: "Hughes And Attorney At Senate Hearing, Washington : Airplane builder Howard Hughes (left) confers with his attorney, Thomas A. Slack, at the Senate War Investigating Subcommittee hearing, November 8. The subcommittee is probing Hughes' wartime contracts. Credit (ACME) 11/08/47."

A view of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat being prepared for a test run in Long Beach, California.

The black and white view of Howard Hughes and his crew being surrounded by crowds as they exit the Lockheed 14 aircraft after finishing the Around the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Telling the world about Hughes' record flight. New York City-- Radio men setting up their microphones in front of the crew of Howard Hughes great Lockheed plane so that Hughes and his heroic crew could send a few words of greeting to the world over the air waves after their record smashing flight around the world. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38 (SS)"