Hughes XF-11 44-70156
Hughes XF-11 , 2nd proto Type. First flight 5 April 1947 by Howard Hughes. Arrived at Eglin Field, Florida, in December 1948 from Wright Field, Ohio, to undergo operational suitability testing through July 1949. The airframe was transferred to Sheppard AFB, Texas, on 26 July 1949 for use as a ground maintenance trainer by the 3750th Technical Training Wing.Dropped from the USAF inventory in November 1949
Picture No
13137520
Media ID
47744226
Size
5315px x 3089px
(4.8MB)
Credit
(c) The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans
Source
from an original negative by Warren Bodie
Date
1947
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