Hughes, Howard, 1939

File — Box: 30, Folder: 16

Identifier: II

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

No date--Letter to the president of the United States apologizing for the disturbance over the White House due to confusion at the Washington airport which caused him (Hughes) to fly in a restricted area. Expressed admiration to the president for having created the Civil Aeronautics Authority as an independent agency and comments favorably on the accomplishments of the agency in the advancement of aviation in this country (no signature).
August 11, 1939--Two letters to Hinckley from John Stuart and William J. Madden trying to determine how the application on behalf of Howard Hughes for permission to fly a Boeing 307 from New York to Paris was leaked to the press.
No date--One page describing the new type of transport airplane developed secretly by Hughes and Jack Frye.

Dates

1939

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