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Photograph of Howard Hughes and pilots in the cockpit of the Flying Boat, November 1, 1947

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Date
1947-11-01
Description
Trascribed from attached press release: " Howard Hughes (wearing hat) talks over details of tomorrow's initial taxi testing of his 24,000 horsepower flying boat, Nov. 1, 1947." Hughes is standing between Chal Bowen(?) (left) and Gale J. Moore (right).
Digital ID
whh000120
Physical Identifier
0321_0087
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1zp3w67d
Details
Subject
Bowen, Chalmer
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976
Moore, Gale Joseph
Hughes HK-1 Hercules (Flying Boat)
Airplanes--Cockpits
Air pilots
Seaplanes
Time Period
1940s (1940 - 1949)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Howard Hughes talks over details of testing of his the Flying Boat with Chalmer Bowen and Gale J. Moore, 1947 November 01
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh000120. 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/d1zp3w67d

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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
2012-06-27
Extent
5662 x 4566 pixels
9.44 x 7.61 inches
73,960,000 bytes
Language

English

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