• Nose Art: Privateer

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    Privateer Nose ArtPRIVATEER (3/20/37)

    Howard HughesHoward Hughes dubbed his pod PRIVATEER because of his roguish ways when it came to social conventions. When Amelia Earhart disappeared in 1937, Hughes flew from Los Angeles to New York in a prototype aircraft to pilot PRIVATEER in a mission to rescue her; in the process, he set a new transcontinental speed record. PRIVATEER I was retired in 1938 after twelve missions.

    PRIVATEER II: Type: UFT 3BX
    Commissioned: June, 1962
    Fifty-seven missions, 1962-1969
    Lost in translocation, May 1969
    PRIVATEER III: Type: System 2.5
    Commissioned: January, 1992

     

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