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Apr 27, 2024 · Subsequently, shipbuilder Henry J. Kaiser came up with the idea to work with the famous plane designer Howard Hughes to create the largest aircraft ever built. Photo: Steven Fine | Wikimedia Commons Dubbed the HK-1, it could carry up to 150,000 pounds (68,000 kg) of materials, 750 troops, or two 30-ton M4 tanks.
Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose Takes Flight. On November 2, 1947, in live coverage from aboard the world's largest aircraft, Los Angeles' KLAC reporter James McNamara describes the first and only ...
Howard Hughes did not make the first round-the-world flight, but in 1938 he shaved nearly four days off the previous record for doing so, held by noted aviator Wiley Post. Hughes’s achievement was one of his first to grant him national acclaim as an aviator, rather than as a wealthy playboy with a taste for making movies and dating Hollywood ...
Howard Hughes. Producer: Scarface. Billionaire businessman, film producer, film director, and aviator, born in Humble, Texas just north of Houston. He studied at two prestigious institutions of higher learning: Rice University in Houston and California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. Inherited his father's machine tool company in 1923. In 1926 he ventured into films, producing ...
Nov 1, 2012 · Howard Hughes at the controls of his H-4 Hercules troop transport plane, the "Spruce Goose," November 1947. J. R. Eyerman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Howard Hughes' H-4 Hercules ...
Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. (24 tháng 12 năm 1905 - 5 tháng 4 năm 1976) là một tài phiệt, doanh nhân, nhà đầu tư, phi công, kỹ sư hàng không vũ trụ, nhà phát minh, nhà làm phim và nhà từ thiện người Mỹ. Trong suốt cuộc đời của mình, ông được biết đến như là một trong những cá ...
