On July 7, 1946, the XF-11 was scheduled for its maiden flight with Howard Hughes at the controls. After years of political and economic negotiations with the government and military, the businessman ...
On Apr. 5, 1947, the second prototype of the Hughes XF-11 twin-boom aircraft made its first complete flight (takeoff and safe landing), piloted by Howard Hughes. Designed and built by Hughes Aircraft ...
In the early 1950s, the U.S. Navy needed a carrier-based aircraft that could take off without the help of a catapult. What came out of that order was an Air Force plane with a propeller that spun ...
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