Description given with photo: "Power Lines Removed for Giant Flying Boat Hawthorne, Calif. -- Pacific Electric workers remove power lines in the way of Howard Hughes' 220-foot-long Flying Boat fuselage as it inches its way as Hawthorne, Calif., enroute to plane assembly as Terminal Island, Calif. The gigantic hull requires highway clearance of 40 feet. NY Credit (ACME) 6/16/46."

Description given with photo: "Hughes' "Hercules" Ready For Tests, Long Beach, Cal. -- An aerial view shows Howard Hughes' giant plywood seaplane "Hercules" ready for taxi tests at Long Beach. The initial flight of the plane, which cost $20,000,000 and will seat 700 persons, will not be attempted until early in 1947. #1 MGS for Credit. ACME. 10/13/46."

A view of the B-23 converted bomber carrying Howard Hughes as it prepares to take off for New York City in Los Angeles, California.

Aerial view of Hughes HK-1, Flying Boat. The plane was designed and built by Howard Hughes; it it shown near completion at its graving dock at Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor. Transcribed from note on back of photo: "World's largest airplane--After Ground tests here the plane will undergo extensive water-taxi tests."

Photographer's note: "Jimmy Long, helicopter pilot, and Ciela Stillings. Ciela, Jamey's daughter, accompanied him for all the flights over Crescent Dunes in October 2015. Tonopah Airport near Tonopah, Nevada."
Photographer's assigned keywords: "110 megawatts; CSP; Concentrated Solar Energy; Concentrated Solar Power; Crescent Dunes; Jimmy Long; NV; Nevada; Solar Reserve; SolarReserve; Tonopah; concentrated solar thermal; green energy; ground-based photo; molten salt; off-site; renewable energy; storage; tower."

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