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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."
Image
Howard Hughes after his around-the-world flight shaking hands with Secretary of State Cordell Hull as R. Walton Moore, Counselor of the Department of State, looks on, 1938 July 21
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 13
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 13
Archival Component
The Basin Range Problem, 1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Chester R. Longwell Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00017
Collection Name: Chester R. Longwell Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Box 09
Collection Name: Chester R. Longwell Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Box 09
Archival Component
The CTC Gazette, 1938 August
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection
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Collection Number: MS-01144
Collection Name: Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection
Box/Folder: Box 25
Collection Name: Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection
Box/Folder: Box 25
Archival Component
Helldorado Days fliers, pamphlets, and correspondence, 1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Robert Woodruff Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00455
Collection Name: Robert Woodruff Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
Collection Name: Robert Woodruff Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Workshop and tack room under construction, 1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Robert Worts Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00007
Collection Name: Robert Worts Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Robert Worts Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Tourism materials from England, 1895 to 1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Elizabeth and Charles Pratt Personal Papers
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Collection Number: MS-01063
Collection Name: Elizabeth and Charles Pratt Personal Papers
Box/Folder: Box 03
Collection Name: Elizabeth and Charles Pratt Personal Papers
Box/Folder: Box 03
Archival Component
Geology of the Spring Mountain Range, Nevada, 1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Chester R. Longwell Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00017
Collection Name: Chester R. Longwell Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Box 07
Collection Name: Chester R. Longwell Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Box 07
Archival Component