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English: The Hughes H-1 racer, designed by Howard Hughes and Richard Palmer and built by Glenn Odekirk, was developed to be the fastest landplane in the world. On September 13, 1935, Hughes achieved this design goal by flying the H-1 to a new world speed record of 567 kilometers (352 miles) per hour at Santa Ana, California. Also known as the Hughes 1B, the H-1 was designed with two sets of wings: a short set with a span of 7.6 meters (25 feet) for speed record flight, and a long set with a span of 9.2 meters (31 feet, 9 inches) for transcontinental flight. The aircraft as it is exhibited here is equipped with the long set. collections.nasm.si.edu/code/emuseum.asp?profile=objects&...
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Author Cliff from I now live in Arlington, VA (Outside Washington DC), USA
Camera location38° 53′ 18.1″ N, 77° 01′ 11.68″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by cliff1066 at https://www.flickr.com/photos/28567825@N03/3334204294. It was reviewed on 9 July 2009 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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