| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | NR258Y |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Hughes H-1 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Hughes H-1 |
| Aircraft Version: | Hughes H-1 |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Airport: | Glendale - Grand Central (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Airport Codes: | None |
| Photo Date: | January 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 139036 |
| Photo Comment |
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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 This photo was added on 27 April 2019, and has since been viewed 2271 times. |