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Photograph of Howard Hughes on the flight deck of the Flying Boat, November 1, 1947

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Date
1947-11-01
Description
Transcribed from attached press release: "Howard Hughes, on the flight deck of his flying boat, world's largest airplane, discusses with his flight engineer and radio operator, plans for tomorrow's taxi testing of the 400,000 pound craft. The flight deck occupies the upper level in the nose of the 219-foot hull, Nov 1, 1947."
Digital ID
whh000119
Physical Identifier
0321_0086
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d13f4kv3g
Details
Subject
Hughes HK-1 Hercules (Flying Boat)
Airplanes
Men
Seaplanes
Time Period
1940s (1940 - 1949)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Howard Hughes on the flight deck of his Flying Boat discusses with his flight engineer and radio operator plans for testing the aircraft, 1947 November 01
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh000119. 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/d13f4kv3g

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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