Menu for a dinner in held in honor of Howard Hughes and his crew at the Terrace Club as part of the 1939 New York World's Fair, 6.5 x 9, signed inside in pencil by Howard Hughes, his circumnavigation crew members Harry Connor, Tommy Thurlow, Dick Stoddard, and Edward Lund, and operations manager Al Lodwick. Also signed in fountain pen by Rear Admiral Clark H. Woodward, Rear Admiral William H. Standley, noted aviator Alexander P. de Seversky, and pioneering aviator Dick Merrill. The front is annotated in ink, "This is the property of Mrs. Stoddart." In very good to fine condition, with irregular toning and some light staining.
In 1938, Hughes set a new around-the-world record of 3 days, 19 hours, and 8 minutes. With co-pilot Harry Connor, radio operator Dick Stoddart, flight engineer Edward Lund, and navigator Tommy Thurlow, Hughes took off on July 10th from an airfield on Long Island, New York, in a specially designed Lockheed 14N ‘Super Electra’ aircraft with a range of nearly 5,000 miles. Hughes wanted the flight to be a triumph of American aviation technology, illustrating that safe, long-distance air travel was possible. The flight was sponsored by the upcoming New York World's Fair, for which Hughes served as an aeronautical advisor, and the aircraft itself was named 'New York World's Fair 1939.'
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