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Page eight - Famous People

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Howard Hughes XF-11 1946
The year was 1946. The war was over, but because of the atomic bomb, the need was greater
than ever to know what other countries were doing. The United States government contracted
Howard Hughes to build a high altitude spy plane that could go above radar with a special camera
using newly developed fine grain film. Howard was a pioneer of innovative ideas such as the flat
rivet to make aircraft more aerodynamic and was always the test pilot in a new plane. The
twenty-eight cylinder engines in the XF11 developed more than enough power to the counter-
rotating double propellers designed to create more thrust. Thirty minutes into the flight, the gear
boxes made for the propellers failed, leaving Hughes without power and causing an out-of-
control crash in Beverly Hills which destroyed two homes. The wreck that he miraculously
survived left him scarred for life, addicted to morphine, and a recluse. The rest is history. This
is the last authorized known image taken of Howard Hughes before the takeoff of that fateful flight.

The H-4 Hercules (Spruce Goose) Test Flight, 1947

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Jane Russell 1945 in the blimp they used to promote the movie The Outlaw.

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John Sloan, 1938 Will Shuster, 1938 Randall Davey, 1938 Willard Nash, 1934

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Edward Weston 1938 Edward Weston 1941 John Sloan, 1938....


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