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Old September 20th 07, 07:25 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Neil Gould
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Default Howard Hughes' Little Airplane Accident in Hollywood

Recently, BillJ posted:

javawizard wrote:
In 1946 a test pilot lost control of his plywood airplane over
Beverly Hills, California and plowed into a neighborhood, damaging a
few houses. The test pilot was Howard Hughes. - from www.odd-info.com

That scene was in the movie The Aviator.

I especially liked the way the aluminum wing cut through several units of
a brick apartment building. He must have been going close to the speed of
light! ;-)

Neil