[In 2022, we published another article covering the first flight of this remarkable aircraft, which you can read HERE.] In 1939, Howard Hughes, who was among many things the largest shareholder of ...

Not just for the aircraft, but it would have been a death blow to the reputation of Howard Hughes himself, who had already taken a lot of heat for producing a wooden aircraft. Opponents to his ...

Hughes parlayed this small business into a highly successful and well-regarded aircraft manufacturing operation. Through his efforts, Hughes created a billion dollar enterprise, and more importantly, ...

On Jan. 19, 1937, Howard Hughes set a new transcontinental air speed record in his H-1 Racer aircraft, flying from Los ...

Howard Hughes was a business magnate, engineer, pilot, film director, and philanthropist... and his interest in aviation and aerospace travel, forming the Hughes Aircraft Company in 1932.

Biopic of billionaire Howard Hughes, starting with his early filmmaking years as owner of R.K.O. Pictures, but mostly focusing on his role in designing and promoting new aircraft. Hughes was a ...