Hughes H-1 Racer
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The Hughes H-1 Racer is a racing aircraft built by Hughes Aircraft in 1935. Using different wings, it set both a world airspeed record and a transcontinental speed record across the United States. The
The H-1 Racer at the National Air and Space Museum (below)
The H-1's two-bladed constant speed propeller was still the performance standard
The original H-1 Racer on display at the National Air & Space Museum, November 2014
Jim Wright's H-1 replica, later destroyed in a crash
Hughes Aircraft Company
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Hughes Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace and defense contractor founded on February 14, 1934 by Howard Hughes in Glendale, California, as a division of Hughes Tool Company. The company p
Hughes H-1 Racer
…The Hughes H-1 Racer is a racing aircraft built by Hughes Aircraft in 1935. Using different wings, it set both a world airspeed record and a transcontinental speed record across the United States. The H-1 Racer was the…
Hughes H-1 Racer
Hughes H-4 Hercules.
Hughes Galileo probe being deployed.
Hughes-built NASA Surveyor lunar lander.