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Huges Flying Boat Goes Up
San Pedro, Calf: Howard Huges 200-Ton Plywood Flying Boat leaves the water as the
Millonaire Plane Builder takes the giant ship into the air on an unscheduled First Flight on nov 2nd. Completing a final taxi run in Los Angeles Harbour, Hughes casually lifted the Mammoth craft into the sky for a half-mile run.
(11/4/47)