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1936-1937 - Hughes, Howard w/ Gamma 2G Cross Country Record Setting Monoplane

Reel Number: 221682-44

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1936,1937

Country: USA

Location: Burbank,California,New Jersey,newark

TC Begins: 22:46:05

TC Ends: 22:48:00

Duration: 00:01:55

1936-1937 - Hughes, Howard w/ Gamma 2G Cross Country Record Setting Monoplane Streamlined monoplane taxiing to stop w/ Howard Hughes visible in opened cockpit of Gamma 2G 22:46:28 Two men talking to him. Plane leaving & taxiing w/ control tower in distance. 22:46:53 MCU man to cockpit & Hughes talking, smiling; unstraps to get out. 22:47:11 MCU Hughes in white shirt & tie, talking to reporters. (MOS) 22:47:20 CUs of front of engine & three blade propellor. 22:47:38 Extreme CUs of propellor mechanism & engine. 22:47:44 MS in front of plane w/ line of mechanics & others looking at it. 22:47:57 Hughes & ?? posing in front of plane. Aviation Records; 1936; 1937; Speed; Modications; Wealth; NOTE: Hughes set record from West to East (Burbank to Newark, NJ) in 13-14Jan36 & 19Jan37.

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