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Aerial view of Hughes Helicopters Division of Summa Corporation, Culver City, California, circa late 1950s

Date

1957 to 1959

Description

Hughes Helicopters Division of Summa Corporation in Culver City, California.

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Photograph of the interior of an airplane hangar at the Hughes Helicopters Division of Summa Corporation, Culver City, California, circa late 1950s

Date

1957 to 1959

Description

A view of the inside of an airplane hangar at the Hughes Helicopters Division of Summa Corporation in Culver City, California in the late 1950s.

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Photograph of the Flying Boat in an airplane hangar, Terminal Island, California, circa late 1950s

Date

1957 to 1959

Description

The inside of a specialized airplane hangar engineered to store and maintain the Flying Boat on Terminal Island in Los Angeles Harbor, California.

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Photograph of the exterior of Hughes Research Laboratories, Culver City, California, circa 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

The exterior of Hughes Research Laboratories where rock bits were test-drilled in Culver City, California in the 1940s. Transcribed from note taped to back of photo: "Rock bits are test-drilled in the laboratory under conditions that duplicate, as far as is possible in the laboratory, those encountered in actual drilling. As a result, rotational speeds, loads, and fluid volume are closely controlled. The rig operator occupies a splash-proof booth above the 'cellar floor.' The instruments on his control panel provide for application and measurement of variable axial loading on the drilling bit up to 100,000 lbs., variable rotational speeds up to 400 rpm, measurement of bit penetration over a total vertical travel of 5 feet at rates up to 180 ft. per hour, and torque. On the panel, also, are several controls for the operation of mud pump and other accessory equipment."

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Photograph of crew and passengers outside of a TWA aircraft, circa 1940-1950s

Date

1940 to 1950

Description

Three unidentified men and an unidentified woman outside of a TWA aircraft in the 1940s or 1950s.

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Photograph of crew and passengers leaving a TWA aircraft, circa 1940-1950s

Date

1940 to 1950

Description

Three unidentified men and one unidentified woman outside of a TWA aircraft in the 1940s or 1950s.

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Photograph of Captain Jack Le Claire and James M. Landis examining equipment in a TWA aircraft, June 1947

Date

1947

Description

Captain Jack Le Claire (left), TWA pilot, explains the Howard Hughes-designed airline radar "automatic terrain clearance indicator" to James M. Landis, right, chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board, June 1947.

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Photograph of an unidentified plane flying through clouds, May 2, 1947

Date

1947

Description

An unidentified plane flying through clouds on May 2, 1947.

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Photograph of pilots lined up in front of their biplanes at the Oakland Airport, California, March 15, 1929

Date

1929

Description

Stunt pilots for the film Hell's Angels line up before the largest fleet of World War I planes ever assembled for the making of a motion picture. The event took place on the runway of the Oakland Airport, March 15, 1929.

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Photograph of the first XF-11, with a Constellation plane in the background, 1946

Date

1946

Description

The first XF-11 on the runway, with a Constellation in the background. Notice the dual propellers, marking this as the first XF-11.

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