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 ...

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 began his business career at the age of nineteen by taking over his father’s business, Hughes Tool Company. Hughes parlayed this small business into a highly successful and well-regarded ...