Howard Hughes Holdings focuses on master-planned communities, having divested non-core assets like South Street Seaport and ...

This distinctive aircraft was among the first airliners to be pressurized and make the transcontinental flight with ...

Hughes piloted the brief test flight of this enormous craft in 1947, lifting it a short distance above the water but ...

Spruce Goose To gain the needed expertise in designing and building such an aircraft, Kaiser went into partnership with Howard Hughes, who was already famous for his exploits in aviation ...

In June 1974, the offices of the Summa Corporation in LA were broken into, sparking the revelation of one of the oddest and ...

Transamerica, Western Airlines, Aloha Air, Air Cal, Continenal (with their "flying meatballs"), CP AIR, Canadian Intl ...

John Wayne starred in his fair share of terrible movies during Hollywood's golden age, but 1957's 'Jet Pilot' is undoubtedly one of the western star's worst.

Automakers are coalescing around the big-battery PHEV format. Although PHEVs are complex and costly, car companies see them as a bridge technology.

Whether you're a self-confessed aviation expert or have never heard of Howard Hughes, you can't fail but ... From wooden seaplanes built in the 1940s to the aircraft making space travel possible ...

The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical ... the pilot managed to get out of his aircraft, but his parachute failed to open.

Howard Hughes was an eccentric billionaire known for his ventures in aviation and film production. His company, Hughes Aircraft, was a major defence contractor until its acquisition by Raytheon in ...