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Old September 27th 07, 07:49 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Howard Hughes' Little Airplane Accident in Hollywood

On Sep 20, 2:36 pm, "Kloudy via AviationKB.com" u33403@uwe wrote:
here's more.
Indeed not plywood.http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites...crash_site.htm


Interesting the four-engine RB-50 (formerly B-29) was "much more
economical" for the photo recon mission than the XF-11 twin? I'm also
curious about the contra-rotating props on Hughes' plane - what was
the benefit? The article says he did have conventional props put on
the second prototype.