Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Members of the Howard Hughes flight around the world are (L-to-R) Thomas Thurlow, navigator; Richard Stoddart, radio engineer; Ed Lund, mechanic and H. P. Connor, co-navigator, as they rode in the welcoming parade in New York City 7-15-38."
Howard Hughes, wearing pilot's overalls and gear with parachute, at the tail of the Hughes H-1 Racer, in Newark, New Jersey. Unidentified men are seen behind him.