A view of an unidentified plane with its propellers protected.

A view from below of an unidentified aircraft being hoisted on a crane.

Dorothy Bell Scans UNLV-Public Lands Institute. Left to right: Rex Anthony Bell, Jr (Toni Larbow Beldam), Morris (Moe) De Chambeau, Fred Strasnider, George Harding, Guy Rasmussen on July 4, 1964. Handwritten on back of image:"July 4, 1964. Rex Bell, Jr., Morris (Moe) De Chambeau, Fred Strasnider, George Harding, Guy Rasmussen."

Howard Hughes descending a stairway from Constellation 069, at the Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C. in 1944.

Note: Menu includes the Thanksgiving Proclamation by Governor Frederick W. Pitkin and released by Secretary of State N. H. Meldrum Menu insert: Proclamations Restaurant: Union Depot Dining Hall Location: Denver, Colorado, United States

The black and white view of Howard Hughes exiting his Lockheed 14 aircraft after performing the final landing on the Round the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "World fliers greeted on arrival. Floyd Bennett Airport--- Minutes after he and his companions set their plane down here, completing a dramatic dash around the world, Howard Hughes, wearing the same battered hat, his face covered by a heavy stubble, stepped from the plane, to be greeted by Mayor La Guardia, in the photo are, left to right: Ed Lund, flight mechanic, Howard Hughes, Thomas Thurlow, navigator; Harry P. M. Connor, navigator, and Mayor La Guardia. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38"

Transcribed press release from back of photograph: "Howard Hughes' flying boat, world's largest plane, rides free off Terminal Island in Los Angeles Harbor immediately after its launching yesterday. The plane's vertical stabilizer tip rides about 80 feet above the water as the air giant floats for the first time. With Hughes at the controls, the colossal craft will get first water taxi tests today."