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Hughes H-1 Racer photographs, 1937
Materials depict the Hughes H-1 Racer in 1937. The photographs primarily depict Howard Hughes standing with the plane or in the plane's cockpit. The plane was designed by Glenn Odekirk and built by Hughes Aircraft Company in 1935, the first plane produced by the company. Hughes broke several records in the H-1, including the landplane speed record in 1935. In 1937, Hughes broke his own transcontinental speed record by flying from Los Angeles, California to New York City, New York in 7 hours, 28 minutes. Despite its speed, Hughes was unable to sell the H-1 to the U.S. military.
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Charles Quander oral history interview
Oral history interview with Charles Quander conducted by Claytee D. White on October 27, 2005 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. Quander, who served as a flight officer in the Army Air Corps first all-Black fighter and bomber squadrons known collectively as the Tuskegee Airmen, talks about his upbringing in Washington, D.C., his early interest in flight, and his decision to train as a pilot at the outset of World War II. Quander talks about his training and reflects on both the process of learning to fly and the discrimination that the cadets experienced from the predominately white senior officers. He then talks about his post-military education and his career with the federal government, working as an investigator for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) and the United States Attorney's strike force on organized crime. He ends the interview describing his retirement and travel, his move to Las Vegas, Nevada, and his views on war, the Department of Homeland Security, and his perceptions of Las Vegas' growth.
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Postcard of soldiers on a dirt road, 1910s
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Photograph of federal troop encampment at Goldfield (Nev.), December 08, 1907
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Del Webb, real estate developer, image 002: photographic print
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Howard Cannon in an aircraft cockpit: photographic print
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Photograph of a flag at half-mast at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, January 20, 1982
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Photograph of a swept-wing F-111 plane in the air, circa late 1960s to 1970s
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Air Force Ballistic Missile Headquarters, Howard Cannon and others in front of an airplane: photographic print
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Howard Cannon and others in front of an airplane at Air Force Ballistic Missile Headquarters: photographic print
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