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Hughes H-1 Racer
H1-Racer.jpg
Type piston racer
Author(s) Unknown
FDM YASim
Status CVS only

The H-1 Racer made by Hughes aircraft, was a record setting piston engine experimental aircraft. This aircraft is currently only for CVS. (see also the Developer Link on CVS)

The original racer set records in the 1930s with Howard Hughes at the controls at its first flight in 1935. A reproduction was completed in 2002, but crashed the next year (2003). The FlightGear H-1 is a 1937 version of the aircraft.

The original Hughes H-1 survives and is on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

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