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Photograph of XF-11 aircraft before first test flight, Culver City (Calif.), April 1947

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Date
1947-04
Description
Hughes' aircraft (the XF-11) sitting on the tarmac before its first test flight in Culver City, California in April of 1947. Newspaper clipping taped to the back of the image reads: "#11, Long-Range Plane Completed. Culver City, Calif. -- The new Hughes XF-11 is a very fast photographic plane with a ceiling of more than 40,000 feet. It has a pressurized cabin, making it unnecessary for the crew to use oxygen masks. It is shown here before it made its first test flight."
Digital ID
whh000359
Physical Identifier
0321_0346
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d10g3h51r
Details
Subject
Hughes XF-11
Airplanes
Airport terminals
airports
Airplanes--Turbine-propeller engines
Airplanes--Wings
Time Period
1940s (1940 - 1949)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
XF-11 prototype plane on the tarmac before its first test flight, Culver City, California, 1947 April
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh000359. Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs, 1916-1997. PH-00321. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d10g3h51r

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Standardized Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Date Digitized
2012-09-11
Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries
Format
image/tiff