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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the XF-11, after his successful test flight, April 5, 1947

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Date
1947-04-05
Description
Transcribed from attached press release: "HUGHES TEST-PILOTS SECOND XF-11. CULVER CITY, Calif., April 5. Preparatory to making its first flight test today, Howard Hughes, famed flier-industrialist, is shown in the cockpit of the second XF-11 sister ship to the plane in which he almost lost his life in an accident last July 7. Hughes designed and built the ship, one of the world's fastest long-range reconnaissance planes for the Army Air forces in conjunction with the Air Materiel Command engineers."
Digital ID
whh000311
Physical Identifier
0321_0324
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1xs5jq03
Details
Contributor
Contributor: Carl Byoir & Associates
Subject
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976
Hughes XF-11
Air pilots
Airplanes
Buildings
Automobiles
Hangars
Time Period
1940s (1940 - 1949)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Howard Hughes test-piloting the XF-11, Culver City, California, 1947 April 05
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh000311. 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/d1xs5jq03

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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
2012-09-05
Extent
5319 x 4270 pixels
8.87 x 7.12 inches
64,970,000 bytes
Language

English

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