reports the plane was about 25 feet in the air for approximately 30 seconds on Nov. 2, 1947. The lone entry is signed by one of the flight engineers, not pilot Howard Hughes. Unworthy of a radar ...

The cockpit where Howard Hughes was seated during its only flight at Long Beach Harbor on Nov. 2, 1947. Hughes kept the aircraft in flying condition for nearly 30 years in a massive climate ...

The history of air travel is filled with all manner of unusual aircraft, from Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose to Alexander Lippisch's Aerodyne; there are plenty of strange aircraft designs that took ...

Why? I got to visit the flight deck of the H4 and even sit in the pilots seat where Howard Hughes sat when he flew the plane almost 75 years ago. It was later in the tour, after I’d had a moment ...

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, ...

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 ...