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Photograph of Hughes Flying Boat during its test flight, November 2, 1947

Date

1947-11-02

Description

Date stamped on back of photo: Nov 2, 1947. Transcribed from attached press release: "IN THE AIR Hughes Flying boat, with Howard Hughes at the controls, takes to the air at Los Angeles Harbor November 2, 1947. LONG BEACH, Calif., Nov. 2 - - Howard Hughes' 400,000-pound flying boat, world's largest plane, in the air on its first flight. The mammoth aircraft today flew one mile at a height of 70 feet over Los Angeles Harbor with Hughes at the controls. Hughes had scheduled taxi tests only for the 219-foot long ship but it 'felt so good' on the second taxi test run at 95 miles per hour that he took it off the water, as shown here, on the third and final run. The super plane's air speed was 100 miles per hour. Take-off speed was 95 miles per hour. Hughes termed the tests exceptionally successful. The eight-engine behemoth, launched yesterday off Terminal Island, passed its tests today in view of thousands on the shore and in small craft near the test area."

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City of Las Vegas: city permits and correspondence, 1979-1980

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File

Archival Collection

Young Audiences New York, Nevada Humanities Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00227
Collection Name: Young Audiences New York, Nevada Humanities Collection
Box/Folder: Box 03

Archival Component

Photograph of Boulder City Airport, Boulder City (Nev.), 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Description

Black and white photograph of Boulder City Airport with parked planes. Site Name: Boulder City Municipal Airport (Boulder City, Nev.)

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Photograph of Boulder City Airport, Boulder City (Nev.), 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Description

Black and white photograph of Boulder City Airport with parked planes. Site Name: Boulder City Municipal Airport (Boulder City, Nev.)

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Photograph of Mayme Stocker with her cousins, New York, June 1953

Date

1953-06

Archival Collection

Description

Black and white photograph of Mayme Stocker, Daisy Fulmer (Mayme's cousin), and Anne Fulmer (Mayme's cousin) at 1 Pine Street Hudson Falls, New York.

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