The black and white, aerial view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft performing its final landing on the Round the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York.
The black and white view of a crowd of people watching Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft performing its final landing on the Round the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York.
The black and white view of the New York Police Force awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Airport in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "More than 1000 members of New York Police Force lined up on runway at Floyd Bennett Airport awaiting Howard Hughes and crew." Typed onto a second piece of paper attached to the image: "Hughes gives cops a busy day. New York - More than 1,000 members of New York's "finest" were on hand at Floyd Bennett Field as a record crowd gathered to welcome Howard Hughes and his crew. 4/14/38."
Description given with photo: "Hull of "Hercules" Starts Journey to Assembly Dock, Culver City, Calif. - The 220-foot-long fuselage of Howard Hughes' gigantic airplane crawls down the highway on truck dollies after leaving the Culver City, Calif., plant. the hull is on its way to the graving dock for assembly at Terminal Island, Calif., 28 miles away. Note size of man on top of hull. NY EUR CAN. Credit (ACME) 6/16/46"