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Photograph of Howard Hughes with a group of men in front of the XH-17 helicopter, Culver City, California, October 23, 1952

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Date
1952
Description
Howard Hughes (second from left) standing in front of the experimental helicopter XH-17, Flying Crane, with others (from left to right): Rea Hopper, Director of the Aeronautical Division, Hughes Aircraft Company; Hughes; Clyde Jones, Director of Engineering, Hughes Tool Company Aeronautical Division; Warren Reed, Assistant; Colonel Carl E. Jackson, Air Research and Development Headquarters, Baltimore; Gale J. Moore, Pilot; possibly Chal Bowen, Flight Engineer/Co-pilot, and an unidentified man, October 23, 1952.
Digital ID
whh000246
Physical Identifier
0321_0275
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1b853q9m
Details
Subject
Hughes XH-17
Air pilots
Helicopters
Men
Flight testing
Soldiers
Time Period
1950s (1950 - 1959)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Howard Hughes standing in front of the experimental helicopter XH-17 Flying Crane with Rea Hopper, Director of the Aeronautical Division, Hughes Aircraft Company; Clyde Jones, Director of Engineering, Hughes Tool Company Aeronautical Division; Warren Reed; Colonel Carl E. Jackson from Air Research and Development Headquarters, Baltimore; Gale J. Moore, Pilot; possibly Chalmer Bowen, Flight Engineer and co-pilot, and an unidentified man, 1952 October 23
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh000246. 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/d1b853q9m

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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
2012-08-09
Extent
6145 x 4971 pixles
10.24 x 8.29 inches
87,390,000 bytes
Language

English

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