Howard Hughes with the H-1, a featherweight midget
Howard Hughes with the H-1, a featherweight midget aircraft built by Hughes Aircraft in 1935. In 1937 Hughes piloted the racing airplane from Los Angeles to Newark, N.J. setting a transcontinental average speed record of 332 MPH (BSLOC_2021_3_17)
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13497965
Media ID
45401834
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3000px x 2352px
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Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
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