The black and white view of Howard Hughes and his crew being surrounded by crowds as they exit the Lockheed 14 aircraft after finishing the Around the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York.

The black and white view of crowds surrounding the Lockheed 14 aircraft in Le Bourget Airfield, France. Text printed on the photograph's accompanying strip of paper: As world fliers arrived at Le Bourget, France-- Officials, photographers, and newspapermen, swarming about Howard Hughes' plane, shortly after Hughes and his companions arrived here, completing the transatlantic lef of their sensational flight round-the-world

The black and white view of the Lockheed 14 aircraft at Floyd Bennett Field in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to this image: "This crowd gathered at Floyd Bennett Airport to watch Howard Hughes take off on his flight to Paris with a crew of four. New York, New York."

Howard Hughes in cockpit of Lockheed-14 before take-off from Floyd Bennet Field in New York.

Transcribed from back of photo: "Howard Hughes (in cockpit) warms up the XF-11 for its initial test flight. It is one of the world's fastest long-range photographic planes, July 7, 1946."

The black and white, aerial view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft performing its final landing on the Round the World flight in Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Flight's End: Floyd Bennett Airport - Howard Hughes' silver monoplane, "World's Fair, 1939," as the skimmed the runway just before landing at 2:37 1/2 p.m., to end a dramatic dash around the world. A minutes later, Hughes and his companions were mobbed by officials. Credit (ACME). 7/14/38."