Hughes Sets New Air Record

Clip: 347192_1_1

Year Shot: 1938 (Actual Year)

Audio: No

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1527

Original Film: 010-695-05

HD: N/A

Location: FLOYD BENNETT FIELD, N.Y.

Timecode: 00:11:30 - 00:11:54

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Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery Howard Hughes, millionaire sportsman pilot who recently completed a record-breaking world hop, sets a new transport plane mark of 10 1/2 hours non-stop from the coast, in his globe-circling Lockheed. Plane landing, going into hangar, Hughes standing beside plane.