Howard Hughes: Hughes in the Pilot's Seat of the H-4 Hercules

Caption: 

Hughes, donning a fedora hat, turns to face the camera from the pilot’s seat of the Hughes H-4 Hercules plane, or “Spruce Goose,” as he prepared to taxi the floating plane on the surface of Los Angeles Harbor before taking it on its short, one-mile flight on November 2, 1947.

Digital Creation Date: 
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Courtesy Line: 

Photograph courtesy of UNLV Special Collections.

Physical Creation Date: 
Sunday, November 2, 1947