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July 14, 1938
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, July 14, 1938
* Aviator Howard Hughes
* Flight around World (last leg)
This 22 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "Hughes Dashes for N.Y. and Record After Brief Refueling Stop in Alaska" with subheads and related map. (see)
Other news of the day. Light browning with minor margin wear, otherwise good
source: wikipedia: On 10 July 1938 Hughes set another record by completing a flight around the world in just 91 hours (3 days, 19 hours), beating the previous record by more than four days. For this flight he did not fly an aircraft of his own design but a Lockheed Super Electra (a twin-engine transport with a four-man crew) fitted with all of the latest radio and navigational equipment. Hughes wanted the flight to be a triumph of technology, illustrating that safe, long-distance air travel was possible. In 1938, the William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, Texas, known at the time as Houston Municipal Airport, was re-named "Howard Hughes Airport," but the name was changed back after people objected to naming the airport after a living person.
Category: The 20th Century
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