Howard Hughes Flag Flown on His 1938 Round-the-World Flight.
[HUGHES, Howard].
Howard Hughes Flag Flown on His 1938 Round-the-World Flight.
American Flag Flown on Howard Hughes' Record-Breaking 1938 Round-the-World Flight
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Rare American flag carried on Howard Hughes‘ Lockheed 14 during his record-breaking round-the-world flight completed in July of 1938. The flag measures 12.5 inches by 8 inches and is encapsulated by a CAG. On July 14, 1938, Hughes set a record by completing a flight around the world in just 91 hours (three days, 19 hours, 17 minutes), beating the previous record of 186 hours (7 days, 18 hours, 49 minutes) set in 1933 by Wiley Post in a single-engine Lockheed Vega by almost four days. In fine condition.
Howard Hughes was an American business magnate, investor, record-setting pilot, engineer, film director, and philanthropist, known during his lifetime as one of the most financially successful individuals in the world. Hughes formed the Hughes Aircraft Company in 1932, hiring numerous engineers and designers. He spent the rest of the 1930s and much of the 1940s setting multiple world air speed records and building the Hughes H-1 Racer and H-4 Hercules (the Spruce Goose). He acquired and expanded Trans World Airlines and later acquired Air West, renaming it Hughes Airwest. Hughes was included in Flying Magazine's list of the 51 Heroes of Aviation, ranked at No. 25. Today, his legacy is maintained through the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Howard Hughes Corporation.
