Howard Hughes: Hughes's H-4 Hercules Airborne

Caption: 

On November 2, 1947, Hughes succeeded in getting his massive H-4 Hercules plane airborne about seventy feet above Los Angeles Harbor, near Long Beach, California.

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

Photograph courtesy of UNLV Special Collections.

Physical Creation Date: 
Sunday, November 2, 1947