Howard Hughes was a man who once commanded the world’s attention, sometimes for all the wrong reasons. His story is one of wealth, power, fame, and the dangers of obsession. Howard Robard Hughes, Jr., ...
Hughes Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace and defense contractor founded in 1932 by Howard Hughes in Glendale, California as a division of Hughes Tool Company. The company was known for ...
In the world of aviation, Howard Hughes is known for such films as Hell's Angels and Jet Pilot, the H-4 Hercules flying boat (better known by its derisive nickname, the "Spruce Goose"), helicopters ...
Howard Hughes bought 380 acres of land at the foot of the Westchester Bluffs for $500,000 in 1940, when he was 34 years old. He wanted the sizable chunk of land for his aviation firm, Hughes Aircraft ...
Metropolitan Tucson’s economy was boosted tremendously when the Hughes plant, now Raytheon, opened. Employing thousands of the area's 140,000 residents, the company helped diversify the local economy, ...
The vast apartment at 18 Grosvenor Square is where Howard Hughes and Hadley Page negotiated for hours a sale of his aviation company in 1959. A four-bedroom flat once owned by British aviation tycoon ...
Hughes Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace and defense contractor founded in 1932 by Howard Hughes in Culver City, California as a division of Hughes Tool Company. The company was known ...