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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,935 posts) Thu Jul 7, 2022, 03:03 PM Jul 2022

Jul 7th 1946 - Howard Hughes took the XF-11, the fastest spy plane of it's time, for a test flight.

Jul 7th 1946 - Howard Hughes took the XF-11, the fastest spy plane of it's time, for a test flight. After staying in the air twice as long as agreed, the right hand propeller failed, and Hughes crashed into 3 houses. Depicted in #TheAviator

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