Howard Hughes surrounded by a crowd at Le Bourget Field in France, in front of a Lockheed-14, July 11, 1938. Le Bourget (Airport : Le Bourget, France)

The up close view of Howard Hughes being escorted through a crowd of people at Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Escorted through crowd- 7/14/38 (Daily News)"

Howard Hughes' flying boat docked near the waters of Los Angeles Harbor, taken on July 16, 1947.

Aerial view of the airport at Hughes' aircraft plant in Culver City, California. The airport's runway was in operation from 1941 to 1985.

Note: Handwritten menu. "Déposé [registered] AD" [printer's monogram] printed under illustration on page 2. Illustration on page 2 shows a woman wearing a toga and sandals, with a raised wine glass and a scepter, riding atop a barrel being pulled by two oversized snails Restaurant: Savoy Restaurant

The black and white view of Howard Hughes, surrounded by crowds, as he stands before a microphone after landing his Lockheed 14 aircraft for the Around the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York. Description on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes (with hat) as he arrived in New York after completing a round the world flight. 7/14/38 (Press Association)"

The black and white view of Howard Hughes exiting an aircraft at Floyd Bennett Field in New York.