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D. Kenneth Richardson Papers on the Hughes Aircraft Company

Identifier

MS-00581

Abstract

The D. Kenneth Richardson Papers on the Hughes Aircraft Company (1950-2011) contains correspondence, speeches, photographs, Hughes Aircraft Company executive meeting notes, and various publications from Hughes Aircraft Company and other aeronautical companies. Also included are published papers written by Richardson and a productivity study published by the Hughes Aircraft Company.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1937

Date

1937

Description

Howard Hughes posing with an unidentified man, in front of a flag.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, July 7, 1939

Date

1939-07-07

Description

Description given with photograph: "Howard Hughes pleased with new Stratoliner."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1947

Date

1947

Description

A view of Howard Hughes talking to an unidentified man.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1938

Date

1938

Description

A close up portrait of Howard Hughes, possibly in an airplane hangar in New York.

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Photograph of Hughes H-1 Racer, Image 002

Date

1945

Description

Along with the information is this card entitled "Record Breaker." It reads: "First product of Hughes Aircraft Company was Howard Hughes' uniquely designed H-1. Experts said it was farther ahead of its time than any plane built since the Wright brothers'. In 1935 Hughes flew the H-1 to a world's land plane speed record of 352 mph, many years before any military pursuit planes attained this speed, and in 1937 Hughes flew the H-1 from Los Angeles to New York in seven hours, 28 minutes, a record which stood for eight years. The H-1 was the first plane with a smooth metal surface, leading edge air duct intakes, jet thrust exhaust, bell-shaped cowling, drooping ailerons, and the first to have a power-driven retractable landing gear. -0- "

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