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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others with a XH-17 helicopter, Culver City, California, October 23, 1952
Date
1952-10-23
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes (second from left) standing in front of the experimental helicopter XH-17, Flying Crane in October 1952. From left to right: Rea Hopper, Director of the Aeronautical Division, Hughes Aircraft Company; Howard Hughes; Clyde Jones, Director of Engineering, Hughes Tool Company Aeronautical Division; Warren Reed, Assistant; Colonel Carl E. Jackson, Air Research and Development Headquarters, Baltimore; Gale J. Moore, Pilot; and Chal Bowen, Flight Engineer/Co-pilot.
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Aerial photograph of the fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat being moved to the Los Angeles Harbor, 1946
Date
1946
Archival Collection
Description
A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946.
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Photograph of Howard R. Hughes, Sr., with trench mining drill, Houston, Texas, September 29, 1917
Date
1917-09-29
Archival Collection
Description
Howard R. Hughes, Sr., standing outdoors by a trench mining drill, which is underneath a tent-like canopy. Part of the Sharps-Hughes Tool Company's Second and Girard Streets plant is seen in the background.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the XF-11, after his successful test flight, April 5, 1947
Date
1947-04-05
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from attached press release: "HUGHES TEST-PILOTS SECOND XF-11. CULVER CITY, Calif., April 5. Preparatory to making its first flight test today, Howard Hughes, famed flier-industrialist, is shown in the cockpit of the second XF-11 sister ship to the plane in which he almost lost his life in an accident last July 7. Hughes designed and built the ship, one of the world's fastest long-range reconnaissance planes for the Army Air forces in conjunction with the Air Materiel Command engineers."
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Photograph of Hughes HK-1 during its test run in the Los Angeles Harbor, November 2, 1947
Date
1947-11-02
Archival Collection
Description
The Hughes HK-1 Flying Boat during its test run in the Los Angeles Harbor.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes behind his plane at Le Bourget Airfield, France, July 1938
Date
1938-07
Archival Collection
Description
Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: "Checking damages of plane on arrival at Le Bourget. Le Bourget-- The thoroughness with which he planned the flight and carried it through was still with Howard Hughes when the millionaire flyer and his four companions arrived at Le Bourget, after a record smashing flight across the Atlantic. Hughes is shown here, examining the tail of his plane, just after landing, The tail was damaged slightly. After repairs were made, the fliers took off for Moscow."
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Photograph of the Hughes Flying Boat skimming the water in the Los Angeles Harbor, November 2, 1947
Date
1947-11-02
Archival Collection
Description
The Hughes Flying Boat taking off (or landing) in the Los Angeles Harbor, November 2, 1947. Los Angeles Harbor (Calif.)
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Photograph of Hughes Flying Boat section being moved to the Los Angeles Harbor, June 15, 1946
Date
1946-06-15
Archival Collection
Description
A section of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the cockpit of the XF-11, Culver City, California, July 7, 1946
Date
1946-07-07
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from back of photo: "Howard Hughes (in cockpit) warms up the XF-11 for its initial test flight. It is one of the world's fastest long-range photographic planes, July 7, 1946."
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Aerial photograph of the fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat being moved to Terminal Island, California, 1946
Date
1946
Archival Collection
Description
A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946. The airship photographing the scene is shown by shadow.
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