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Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 β April 5, 1976) was an American business magnate, investor, record-setting pilot, engineer, film director, and philanthropist, known durinβ¦
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Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 β April 5, 1976) was an American business magnate, investor, record-setting pilot, engineer, film director, and philanthropist, known during his lifetime as one of the most financially successful individuals in the world. He first became prominent as a film producer, and then as an influential figure in the aviation industry. Later in life, he became known for his eccentric behavior and reclusive lifestyleβoddities that were caused in part by his worsening obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), chronic pain from a near-fatal plane crash, and increasing deafness.
As a film tycoon, Hughes gained fame in Hollywood beginning in the late 1920s, when he produced big-budget and often controversial films such as The Racket (1928), Hell's Angels (1930), and Scarface (1932). Later he controlled the RKO film studio.
Hughes formed the Hughes Aircraft Company in 1932, hiring numerous engineers and designers. He spent the rest of the 1930s and much of the 1940s setting multiple world air speed records and building the Hughes H-1 Racer (1935) and H-4 Hercules (the Spruce Goose, 1947), the latter being the largest flying boat in history and having the longest wingspan of any aircraft from the time it was built until 2019. He acquired and expanded Trans World Airlines and later acquired Air West, renaming it Hughes Airwest. Hughes won both the Collier and Harmon trophies for his achievements in aviation throughout the 1930s, and was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1973. He was included in Flying magazine's 2013 list of the 51 Heroes of Aviation, ranked at No. 25. Today, his legacy is maintained through the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Howard Hughes Corporation.
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The Constellation (The Plane the Changed Passenger Aviation) 56:29
The Flying Boat (The World's Largest Plane until 2019) 1:04:54
Hughes Aircraft Facilities (Culver City, California) 1:19:56
Hughes In Flight (Footage of the Real Aviator) 1:24:02
Hughes Takes On The U.S. Government (Rare and Dramatic Testimony) 1:33:25
George Arthur Francom Jr. (Hughes's Personal Aide) 1:45:00
Jack Real (Hughes's Closest Friend) 1:59:04
Robert Maheu (Hughes Senior Executive) 2:07:59
Terry Moore (Former Wife of Howard Hughes) 2:28:44
Hollywood Movies Produced by Howard Hughes 2:43:34
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