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Howard Hughes flying the XF-11 prototype, 1947 April 05
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 24
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 24
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes in the XF-11, after his successful test flight, April 5, 1947
Date
1947-04-05
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from attached press release: "HUGHES TEST-PILOTS SECOND XF-11. CULVER CITY, Calif., April 5. Preparatory to making its first flight test today, Howard Hughes, famed flier-industrialist, is shown in the cockpit of the second XF-11 sister ship to the plane in which he almost lost his life in an accident last July 7. Hughes designed and built the ship, one of the world's fastest long-range reconnaissance planes for the Army Air forces in conjunction with the Air Materiel Command engineers."
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Newspaper clippings about Howard Hughes' death and estate, 1975-1976
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00380
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
Box/Folder: Box 44, Box 45
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
Box/Folder: Box 44, Box 45
Archival Component
Howard Cannon's visit to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio with Major General R. G. Ruegg: photographic print
Date
1969-12-18
Archival Collection
Description
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Stamped on verso: "Air Force Photo Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio"
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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Culver City, California, June 16, 1946
Date
1946-06-16
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Hercules Fuselage Leaves Hangar, Calver City, Calif. - The hull of Howard Hughes' huge cargo flying boat, the Hercules, largest airplane in the world leaves hangar in the Culver City, Calif., plant to begin a 28-mile trip to Terminal Island, Calif., by truck and dolly. the 220-foot long hull-fuselage will follow the path of the wing sections to the graving dock where the air giant will be assembled. Credit Line (ACME) 6/16/46."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes after completing his Round The World flight, New York, July 15, 1938
Date
1938-07-15
Archival Collection
Description
Text typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Howard Hughes strutting across a New York hotel lobby after completing a Round The World flight. 7-15-38. (Press Association)."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 airplane, circa late 1930s
Date
1935 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of the Lockheed 14 airplane in flight.
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Howard Cannon congratulates retired Major General Benjamin D. Foulois on becoming an honorary member of the Air Force Thunderbirds: photographic print
Date
1969-09-04
Archival Collection
Description
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)
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Howard Cannon congratulates retired Major General Benjamin D. Foulois on becoming an honorary member of the Air Force Thunderbirds: photographic print
Date
1969-09-04
Archival Collection
Description
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)
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Howard Cannon congratulates retired Major General Benjamin D. Foulois on becoming an honorary member of the Air Force Thunderbirds: photographic print
Date
1969-09-04
Archival Collection
Description
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)
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