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Howard Hughes in Airplane Cockpit

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Howard Hughes - aviation-obsessed motion picture producer, millionaire playboy, and aircraft business leader - seated in the cockpit of his airplane after a test flight. In this plane, a Boeing pursuit plane of the Army type, powered with a Wasp-Whitney 580-horsepower engine which he had remodeled to meet his specification, Hughes had already averaged over 225 miles per hour.

Creator:
Bulloch, Charles E.

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Creator Bulloch, Charles E.

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Format Image
Dimensions 11 x 13 cm

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Call Number NF Hughes, Howard

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W013MM4
Legacy ID
WHi 28302

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