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Photographs for press release, Hughes demonstrates new radar warning, May 1, 1947

Date

1947-05-01

Description

Photographs that accompany the attached press release: "HUGHES DEMONSTRATES NEW RADAR WARNING Howard Hughes, at the controls of the TWA Constellation, demonstrates the efficiency of his new radar safety device, which is being installed on all TWA planes and which will be available to all other airlines in the United States as soon as he can produce the equipment. The instrument warns the pilot by a brilliant red light and a warning horn the instant the plane comes too close to the ground, or any building, bridge, mountain, aircraft or other obstacle, regardless of darkness or weather conditions. The device weighs only 16 pounds and costs about $130. (Arrow points to warning lights on instrument panel). Center photo shows the Hughes-piloted Constellation approaching a mountain in Southern California's Santa Monica Range, an area usually voided by pilots because of its dangerous peaks. This particular plane's radar set was equipped with both 500-feet and 2,000-feet warning signals. The 500-feet warning range now being installed on TWA airliners was developed first because the greatest immediate need for it is during approaches and landings. The 2,000-feet warning is designed from enroute flying to guarantee clearance of mountains and other obstacles. Photo at right shows the Constellation veering to the left and climbing at a speed of 300 miles an hour after receiving radar warning of an obstacle in its flight path."

Image

Principal and supporting cast, production stills from Christy Shepard, sent to New York, New York, The Most Beautiful Woman in the World: photographic negatives, approximately 1955 to 1956

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Film Production Records
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Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 406 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

New York University Graduate School of Business Administration, "A Study of the Economic Impact of the Change in the Pari-mutuel Tax on the Pari-mutuel Industry of New York State", 1980

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00561
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 085

Archival Component

Atlantic City, New Jersey: postcard

Date

1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)

Description

From Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367)

Image

New York's Day Banquet, Saturday, February 22, 1890, menu, Pacific Hotel

Date

1890-02-22

Archival Collection

Description

Note: New York's Day Banquet, Saturday, February 22, '90--p. 2. Cover has oval portrait of George Washington surrounded by American flags, a drum, a sickle and a compass, set in an eye-shaped, raised frame. Lettering on the cover is raised and pasted with glitter. Menu bound with red cord; scalloped edges Restaurant: Pacific Hotel Location: St. Joseph, Missouri, United States

Text

Brenot, J.; Bonnefous, S.; and Marris, C. 1998. "Testing the Cultural Theory of Risk in France." Risk Analysis. 18 (6). 729-739 New York, New York: Plenum Press, 1998

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File

Archival Collection

Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada
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Collection Number: MS-00603
Collection Name: Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 29

Archival Component

Easterling, D. 1997. "The Vulnerability of the Nevada Visitor Economy to a Respository at Yucca Mountain." Risk Analysis, 17, (5), 635-647. New York, New York: Plenum Press, 1997

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File

Archival Collection

Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada
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Collection Number: MS-00603
Collection Name: Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 37

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T-Shirt Color: Navy Blue; Front: In Memory Of FDNY New York's Finest 9-11; Back: Impressionistic Art Piece Of New York City With Two Towers Burning And American Flag For The Sky; Handwritten Text: F-22 Donna Rimmer Knoxville, Tn., approximately 2001-2012

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File

Archival Collection

New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00459
Collection Name: New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
Box/Folder: Box 30

Archival Component

Howard Hughes's around-the-world flight photographs, 1938

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Scope and Contents

Materials depict the celebrations of Howard Hughes's circumnavigation flight in 1938. Along with a crew consisting of Harry Connor, Tom Thurlow, Richard Stoddart, and Ed Lund, Hughes flew the Super Electra on a global circumnavigation flight. On July 10, 1938, Hughes and the crew departed Floyd Bennett Field in New York and flew to Paris, France, Moscow, Russia, Omsk, Russia, Yakutsk, Russia, Fairbanks, Alaska, and Minneapolis, Minnesota before landing back in New York on July 14. The photographs primarily depict the parades thrown for Hughes after completion of the flight. The photographs also depict Hughes and his crew meeting with New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia at New York City Hall, the National Press Association, and crowds of onlookers who attended the plane's landings in various cities.

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

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T-Shirt Color: Navy Blue; Front: New York City; Back: Never Forget FDNY 343 WTC 9-11-2001, approximately 2001-2012

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File

Archival Collection

New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00459
Collection Name: New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
Box/Folder: Box 85

Archival Component