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Job #94-028: New American Home glass sculpture for Tony Malichi, 1994 February 15
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Greg Cava Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00399
Collection Name: Greg Cava Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box 02
Collection Name: Greg Cava Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box 02
Archival Component
Senate Committee - Banking Committee - New York City Financial Crisis, 1978 May to 1978 August
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Cannon Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00002
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 06 (95th Session)
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 06 (95th Session)
Archival Component
Photograph of the XF-11 as it is about to take off for its first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from attachment to photo: "NEW LONG-RANGE PLANE ANNOUNCED CULVER CITY, CALIF., The FX-11 took off today on its first test flight. One of the world's fastest long-range photographic planes, it was designed and built by Howard Hughes in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers. It has a wing spread of 101 feet, 4 inches, and is powered by two 3000-horsepower radial engines with eight-bladed contra-rotating propellers. Army officials said it can attain a speed of more than 400 miles per hour and has a ceiling of more than 40,000 feet." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Howard Hughes sits in the cockpit of the XF-11, a reconnaissance plane that Hughes built and designed in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers. Hughes is preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947."
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