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City / Area:Washington / Smithsonian Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:District of Columbia, United States
Collection:National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian)
Photo Date:3 June 2016
Photo by:Arjun SarupContact
Photo ID:660454Submit Correction
View count: 40
On display in the Golden Age of Flight Hall at NASM, Washington, D.C. On Sept. 13, 1935, Howard Hughes set a new world speed record by flying the H-1 at 567 km/h. On Jan. 19, 1937 he broke the transcontinental US speed record with an incredible avg. speed of 535 km/h. Hughes used low aspect ratio wings and moderate aspect ratio wings respectively for each record. Outstanding design features included the close fitting bell-shaped engine cowling, retractable landing gear and flush rivets to reduce drag.
Registration / Serial:NR258Y
Aircraft Version:Hughes H-1
C/n (msn):1
City / Area:Washington / Smithsonian Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:District of Columbia, United States
Photo Date:3 June 2016
Photo by:Arjun SarupContact
City / Area:Washington / Smithsonian Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:District of Columbia, United States
Collection:National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian)
Photo Date:3 June 2016
Photo by:Arjun SarupContact
Photo ID:660454Submit Correction
View count: 40
On display in the Golden Age of Flight Hall at NASM, Washington, D.C. On Sept. 13, 1935, Howard Hughes set a new world speed record by flying the H-1 at 567 km/h. On Jan. 19, 1937 he broke the transcontinental US speed record with an incredible avg. speed of 535 km/h. Hughes used low aspect ratio wings and moderate aspect ratio wings respectively for each record. Outstanding design features included the close fitting bell-shaped engine cowling, retractable landing gear and flush rivets to reduce drag.
Registration / Serial:NR258Y
Aircraft Version:Hughes H-1
C/n (msn):1
City / Area:Washington / Smithsonian Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:District of Columbia, United States
Photo Date:3 June 2016
Photo by:Arjun SarupContact
City / Area:Washington / Smithsonian Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:District of Columbia, United States
Collection:National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian)
Photo Date:7 October 2015
Photo by:PhilContact
Photo ID:249553Submit Correction
View count: 534
Registration / Serial:N258Y
Alternate Registration:R258Y
Aircraft Version:Hughes H-1
C/n (msn):1
City / Area:Washington / Smithsonian Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:District of Columbia, United States
Photo Date:7 October 2015
Photo by:PhilContact
City / Area:Washington / Smithsonian Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:District of Columbia, United States
Collection:National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian)
Photo Date:7 October 2015
Photo by:PhilContact
Photo ID:249553Submit Correction
View count: 534
Registration / Serial:N258Y
Alternate Registration:R258Y
Aircraft Version:Hughes H-1
C/n (msn):1
City / Area:Washington / Smithsonian Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:District of Columbia, United States
Photo Date:7 October 2015
Photo by:PhilContact
City / Airport:Glendale - Grand Central (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:January 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:139036Submit Correction
View count: 1828
Flown - and crash-landed - by Howard Hughes himself, his H-1 took the world speed record for landplanes to 567 km/h (352 mph) on 13 September 1935. Oddly the Macchi MC.72 floatplane was very much faster at 709 km/h (441 mph). Photo by: John Underwood / Glendale Public Library
Registration / Serial:NR258Y
Aircraft Version:Hughes H-1
C/n (msn):1
City / Airport:Glendale - Grand Central (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:January 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
City / Airport:Glendale - Grand Central (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:January 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:139036Submit Correction
View count: 1828
Flown - and crash-landed - by Howard Hughes himself, his H-1 took the world speed record for landplanes to 567 km/h (352 mph) on 13 September 1935. Oddly the Macchi MC.72 floatplane was very much faster at 709 km/h (441 mph). Photo by: John Underwood / Glendale Public Library
Registration / Serial:NR258Y
Aircraft Version:Hughes H-1
C/n (msn):1
City / Airport:Glendale - Grand Central (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:January 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive