Las Vegas Sun

April 24, 2024

A young Howard Hughes stands next to his H-1 racer airplane in this 1930's photo. The H-1 was the first aircraft produced by Hughes Aircraft Corporation and Hughes would set the world airspeed record and break his own American transcontinental speed record in the H-1.

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A young Howard Hughes stands next to his H-1 racer airplane in this 1930's photo. The H-1 was the first aircraft produced by Hughes Aircraft Corporation and Hughes would set the world airspeed record and break his own American transcontinental speed record in the H-1.