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Photograph of Howard Hughes and crew member inside of the HK-1 Flying Boat, 1947

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Date
1947
Description
Howard Hughes inspecting the equipment on the flight deck inside of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, which he designed and built. The man pictured behind Hughes is possibly Earl Martyn, Hughes' flight engineer. The Flying Boat was near completion and was located on Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor.
Digital ID
whh000270
Physical Identifier
0321_0296
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d17d2qf2d
Details
Subject
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976
Hughes HK-1 Hercules (Flying Boat)
Airplanes--Equipment and supplies
Air pilots
Employees
Seaplanes
Men
Time Period
1940s (1940 - 1949)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Howard Hughes inspecting the equipment on the flight deck inside of the HK-1 Flying Boat, 1947
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh000270. 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/d17d2qf2d

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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
2012-08-13
Extent
5401 x 4188 pixels
9.00 x 6.98 inches
64,710,000 bytes
Language

English

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