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Howard Hughes, Millionaire Fly Boy
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Howard Hughes, looking every inch the millionaire playboy, with his U.S. Army Boeing pursuit plane. Hughes had rebuilt the plane in order to increase its speed, and in 1934, he set a new national record.
1934
Bulloch, Charles E.
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WHi 10807
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