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Photograph of engine parts of the Hughes Flying Boat being moved to Terminal Island, 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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Hughes Aircraft Operations (HAO) "Flight Test Customer Briefings", 1996
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Hughes Aircraft Retirees Association Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01146
Collection Name: Hughes Aircraft Retirees Association Records
Box/Folder: Box 01
Collection Name: Hughes Aircraft Retirees Association Records
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Photograph of the Hughes Tool Co. Drilling Laboratory, Houston, Texas, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from attached press release: "DRILLING LABORATORY The fundamental purpose of all Hughes rock bit research is to improve bit performance. In attaining this improvement it is necessary to balance design with the application of correct metallurgical materials and manufacturing methods. The preliminary proving ground is the Drilling laboratory housed in the main Laboratory building. Its field-size drilling rig, with 118 ft. derrick, was especially designed to test rock bits in a manner simulating oilfield drilling conditions."
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Meeting notes, of the executive committee, Hughes Aircraft Company, 1987-1990
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
D. Kenneth Richardson Papers on the Hughes Aircraft Company
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00581
Collection Name: D. Kenneth Richardson Papers on the Hughes Aircraft Company
Box/Folder: Box 02
Collection Name: D. Kenneth Richardson Papers on the Hughes Aircraft Company
Box/Folder: Box 02
Archival Component
Hughes Aircraft Company (HAC) "Approved Materials and Processes" manuals, 1980
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Hughes Aircraft Retirees Association Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01146
Collection Name: Hughes Aircraft Retirees Association Records
Box/Folder: Box 02
Collection Name: Hughes Aircraft Retirees Association Records
Box/Folder: Box 02
Archival Component
Photograph of the Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes, Niagara Falls, New York, July 24, 1955
Date
1955-07-24
Archival Collection
Description
A group of the Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes posing in front of the Cave-of-the-Winds in Niagara Falls, New York.
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