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Today in Aviation History: Howard Hughes Breaks the World Landplane Speed Record

On this day in aviation history, 90 years ago (September 13, 1935), aviation pioneer Howard Hughes set a new world landplane speed record. Flying his sleek H-1 Special (registration NR258Y), Hughes ...
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Hughes H-1 Racer

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Hughes H-1 racer, designed by Howard Hughes and Richard Palmer and built by Glenn Odekirk, was developed to be the ...
Corvallis Gazette-Times

Pilot builds Hughes racing replica

COTTAGE GROVE - An exact replica of Howard Hughes' H-1 racing plane, which shattered every speed record it touched in the mid-1930s, made its first successful test flight earlier this month. Owner and ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Quest to Replicate the Splendor of the H-1 Racer

The aeronautical vision of Howard Hughes continues to beguile us. Robert Bernier The H-1 Racer was developed to be the fastest landplane in the world, but it also had an impact on the design of ...