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Photograph of Howard Hughes on ladder under the XF-11, April 3, 1947

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Date
1947-04-03
Description
Transcribed from press release attached to photo: "HUGHES READY FOR TAKE-OFF IN SECOND XF-11 FLIGHT. CULVER CITY, Calif., April 5 -- Howard Hughes, famed flier-industrialist, recovered from injuries following crash last July 7, is shown here just before he test-piloted today a duplicate of the plane in which he nearly lost his life. He designed and built the plane, designated XF-11, and one of the world's fastest photo-reconnaissance ships, for the Army Air Forces in conjunction with the Air Materiel Command engineers.
Digital ID
whh000325
Physical Identifier
0321_0327
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d14b2xc0d
Details
Contributor
Contributor: Carl Byoir & Associates
Subject
Hughes XF-11
Airplanes
Air pilots
Time Period
1940s (1940 - 1949)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Howard Hughes next to an XF-11 prototype, 1947 April 03
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh000325. 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/d14b2xc0d

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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
2012-09-06
Extent
4214 x 5323 pixels
7.02 x 8.87 inches
64,170,000 bytes
Language

English

Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries
Format
image/tiff