Original upload date: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Mon, 06 Dec 2021 00:57:31 GMT
On July 10, 1938, Howard Hughes completed a flight around the world in just 91 hours (3 days, 19 hours), beating the previous record by more than four hours. Taking off from New York City, he continue
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d to Paris, Moscow, Omsk, Yakutsk, Anchorage, Minneapolis, and continued to New York City. For this flight he did not fly an aircraft of his own design but a Lockheed Super Electra (a twin-engine transport with a four-man crew) fitted with all of the latest radio and navigational equipment. Hughes wanted the flight to be a triumph of technology, illustrating that safe, long-distance air travel was possible. This newsreel footage of Hughes' triumphant return to the U.S.A. was obtained for use in a documentary The Legend of Pancho Barnes, about Howard Hughes' friend Florence "Pancho" Barnes. Although the footage did not end up in the finished film, a segment on the DVD does discuss their remarkable friendship. You can read more about this at the website of the film, www.LegendofPanchoBarnes.com
