Hughes H 1 Racer. The H-1 earned this title in 1935, when it achieved a new world speed record of 567.113 km/hr (352.388 mph) above Santa Ana, California.The H-1 later broke the transcontinental speed record, flying. The Hughes H-1 Racer was a revolutionary aircraft for its time, from the counter-sunk flush rivets of its aluminum fuselage to the retractable landing gear that featured a wide track design seen in several fighters of WWII
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The Hughes H-1 racer was developed to be the fastest landplane in the world, It was designed by Howard Hughes and Richard Palmer as well as a small team of engineers, and built by Glenn Odekirk and his team On September 13, 1935, Hughes achieved the design goal by flying the H-1 to
Hughes H-1, record-breaking racing plane that was designed by American aviator Howard Hughes and engineer Richard Palmer and built by mechanic Glenn Odekirk to be the fastest landplane in the world Hughes H-1 "Racer" The Racer was designed and built in 1935 by Howard Hughes and Glen Odekirk for the specific purpose of capturing the land-based speed record, which it did flashing through the timers at 352 miles per hour The H-1 was powered by a Pratt & Whitney R-1535 Twin Wasp Junior 14-cylinder, twin-row radial engine, with a length of 27.
1936 Howard Hughes Unveils Hughes H 1 Racer YouTube. Using different wings, it set both a world airspeed record and a transcontinental speed record across the United States The Hughes H-1 racer was developed to be the fastest landplane in the world, Also known as the 1B Racer, it was designed by Howard Hughes and Richard Palmer and built by Glenn Odekirk
. On September 13, 1935, Hughes achieved the design goal by flying the H-1 to Hughes pioneered the use of flush rivets and butt-joined aluminum panels to minimize parasitic drag on the airframe.