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Photograph of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, November 2, 1947

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Date
1947-11-02
Description
Howard Hughes' 400,000 pound Flying Boat flying 70 feet above the water for one-mile during taxi tests over the Los Angeles Harbor with Hughes at the controls. Hughes had scheduled taxi tests only for the 219-foot long ship, but it "felt so good" on the second taxi test run at 95 miles per hour that he took it off the water on the third and final run, which is shown in the photo.
Digital ID
whh000281
Physical Identifier
0321_0305
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1t727p1t
Details
Subject
Hughes HK-1 Hercules (Flying Boat)
Harbors
Seaplanes
Time Period
1940s (1940 - 1949)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
HK-1 Hughes Flying Boat flying 70 feet above the water for one-mile during taxi tests over the Los Angeles Harbor, 1947 November 02
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh000281. 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/d1t727p1t

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Copyright Not Evaluated
Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Date Digitized
2012-08-17
Extent
5919 x 4592 pixels
9.70 x 7.65 inches
76,430,000 bytes
Language

English

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