Title from image A crowd of people gathers on rooftops and on tarmac around Hughes' plane, a Lockheed Model 14 Electra or Super Electra, which was stopping at Fairbanks for fuel and food
53 second film clip, color/silent. Clip shows Howard Hughes at Weeks Field in Fairbanks during his record setting around-the-world flight, July 13, 1938. Scenes include a ground crew checking the plane and loading supplies.
Title taken from front. Group photo of mechanics for U.S. Army Air Service World Flight standing in front of Van Gilder Hotel, Seward, Alaska. Also from front: "1st S[e]r[geant Alva L.] Harvey - 2nd S[e]r[geant Henry H.] Ogden - 3rd L[ieu]t....
Title taken from front. Group photo of pilots from U.S. Army Air Service World Flight outside Van Gilder Hotel, Seward, Alaska, standing in front of car. Also from front: "No. 1 [Lieutenant Leigh] Wade - No. 2 [Major Frederick L.] Martin - No. 3...
Title taken from front. View of floatplane "Boston No. 3" used in U.S. Army Air Service World Flight in harbor at Seward, Alaska, with boats in background. April 13, 1924. Photographer: Alaska Shop. Postcard. Original photograph size: 3 1/8" x 5...
Sir G. Hubert Wilkins and Carl Ben Eielson landing in Barrow, Alaska, on their first circumpolar flight, April 15, 1928. This flight went from Barrow, Alaska, to Spitsbergen, Norway, a distance of 2500 miles. From verso: "At Barrow. On their first...
Title taken from verso. View of Maj. Frederick L. Martin's airplane, Southcentral Alaska, used in U.S. Army Air Service World Flight. Also from verso: "Kanatak or Seward, 1924 Apr[il]. U.S. Army Air Service World Flight. Property of Cook Inlet...
Title taken from verso. View of Lt. Lowell H. Smith's airplane "Chicago" at Seward, Alaska, used in U.S. Army Air Service World Flight. Also from verso: "U.S. Army Air Service World Flight, 1924. Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." 1924.
Title taken from front. View of spectators on beach and along railroad tracks watching planes flying in, Seward, Alaska. From verso: "Standard Oil tanks. U.S. Army Air Service World Flight, 1924. Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." 1924....
Title taken from front. Townspeople lined up on shore watching planes taxi in, Seward, Alaska, during U.S. Army world flight. From verso: "U.S. Army Air Service World Flight, 1924. Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." 1924. Photographer:...
Title taken from front. View of three planes in the World Flight Squadron on Resurrection Bay, Seward, Alaska. From verso: "U.S. Army Air Service World Flight, 1924. Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." April 15, 1924. Photographer: Alaska...
Title taken from verso. Major Frederick L. Martin, one of the pilots from U.S. Army Air Service World Flight, near Van Gilder Hotel, Seward, Alaska. Also from verso: "U.S. Army Air Service World Flight, 1924. Property of Cook Inlet Historical...
Title taken from verso. Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith, one of pilots from U.S. Army Air Service World Flight outside Van Gilder Hotel, Seward, Alaska. Also from verso: "U.S. Army Air Service World Flight, 1924. Property of Cook Inlet Historical...
Title taken from verso. Lieutenant Leslie P. Arnold, mechanic from the U.S. Army Air Service World Flight, near Van Gilder Hotel, Seward, Alaska. Also from verso: "U.S. Army Air Service World Flight, 1924. Property of Cook Inlet Historical...