Senior Airman Marno Hansberry, F-15 Crew Chief (left) talks with Lt. Col. Jerry Nabors (back to camera), who is in the cockpit of his plane with the canopy open. Site Name: Nellis Air Force Base (Nev.)
Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: Hughes Buys New Plane. Attendants at the Floyd Bennet Airport, in Brooklyn, New York, inspecting the tire on the plane Howard Hughes recently purchased from the Sikorsky Company. Hughes accepted delivery September 30th, and flew the plane from Bridgeport. The tire blew as he was making a test landing. No other damage was done. Credit Line (ACME) 9/30/37