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Photograph of Howard Hughes with a group of men in front of the XH-17 helicopter, Culver City, California, October 23, 1952
Date
1952
Description
Howard Hughes (second from left) standing in front of the experimental helicopter XH-17, Flying Crane, with others (from left to right): Rea Hopper, Director of the Aeronautical Division, Hughes Aircraft Company; Hughes; Clyde Jones, Director of Engineering, Hughes Tool Company Aeronautical Division; Warren Reed, Assistant; Colonel Carl E. Jackson, Air Research and Development Headquarters, Baltimore; Gale J. Moore, Pilot; possibly Chal Bowen, Flight Engineer/Co-pilot, and an unidentified man, October 23, 1952.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others in front of the XH-17 helicopter, Culver City, California, October 23, 1952
Date
1952
Description
Howard Hughes (second from left) standing in front of the experimental helicopter XH-17, Flying Crane, with others (from left to right): Rea Hopper, Director of the Aeronautical Division, Hughes Aircraft Company; Hughes; Clyde Jones, Director of Engineering, Hughes Tool Company Aeronautical Division; Warren Reed, Assistant; Colonel Carl E. Jackson from Air Research and Development Headquarters, Baltimore; Gale J. Moore, Pilot; possibly Chal Bowen, Flight Engineer/Co-pilot; and an unidentified man, October 23, 1952.
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Photograph of Rear Admiral C.J. Seiberlich, circa late 1940s
Date
1945 to 1949
Description
Rear Admiral C.J. Seiberlich, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, is shown at the controls of the Hughes Flying Boat in its Long Beach, California hangar. The Navy had expressed an interest in using the craft in an experimental capacity, circa late 1940s.
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Photograph of John D. Home, Howard Hughes, and Edward Underwood, circa late 1950s
Date
1957 to 1959
Description
Standing from left to right are John D. Home (Department of Communications of the American Legion), Howard Hughes (Managing Director of Production of RKO), and Edward Underwood (Department of Communications of Hollywood American Legion Motion Picture Post #43), in the late 1950s.
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Photograph of the interior of an airplane hangar at the Hughes Helicopters Division of Summa Corporation, Culver City, California, circa late 1950s
Date
1957 to 1959
Description
A view of the inside of an airplane hangar at the Hughes Helicopters Division of Summa Corporation in Culver City, California in the late 1950s.
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Photograph of the Flying Boat in an airplane hangar, Terminal Island, California, circa late 1950s
Date
1957 to 1959
Description
The inside of a specialized airplane hangar engineered to store and maintain the Flying Boat on Terminal Island in Los Angeles Harbor, California.
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Photograph of crew and passengers outside of a TWA aircraft, circa 1940-1950s
Date
1940 to 1950
Description
Three unidentified men and an unidentified woman outside of a TWA aircraft in the 1940s or 1950s.
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Photograph of crew and passengers leaving a TWA aircraft, circa 1940-1950s
Date
1940 to 1950
Description
Three unidentified men and one unidentified woman outside of a TWA aircraft in the 1940s or 1950s.
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Photograph of Captain Jack Le Claire and James M. Landis examining equipment in a TWA aircraft, June 1947
Date
1947
Description
Captain Jack Le Claire (left), TWA pilot, explains the Howard Hughes-designed airline radar "automatic terrain clearance indicator" to James M. Landis, right, chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board, June 1947.
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Photograph of pilots lined up in front of their biplanes at the Oakland Airport, California, March 15, 1929
Date
1929
Description
Stunt pilots for the film Hell's Angels line up before the largest fleet of World War I planes ever assembled for the making of a motion picture. The event took place on the runway of the Oakland Airport, March 15, 1929.
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