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Photograph of Howard Hughes sitting in the cockpit of the Hughes Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, November 1, 1947

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Date
1947
Description
Howard Hughes sits at the controls of his 400,000 pound Flying Boat just a day prior to its first tests in the Los Angeles Harbor in California. The aircraft was 219 feet long with a wing span of 320 feet.
Digital ID
whh000276
Physical Identifier
0321_0301
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    whh000276. 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/d1fx7450r

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    Digital Provenance
    Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
    Date Digitized
    2012-08-17
    Extent
    5414 x 4266 pixels
    9.02 x 7.11 inches
    66,070,000 bytes
    Language

    English

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