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Howard Hughes's airfield
1941
Playa Vista, California
Stephen Foskett (Wikipedia User: sfoskett) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Hughes built a private airport and factory on a bean field by the coast, and put up the largest wooden aircraft ever flown in a hangar here. It flew once, for about a mile, with Hughes at the controls. The site is now a neighbourhood and film studios.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: historic site
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