[In 2022, we published another article covering the first flight of this remarkable aircraft, which you can read HERE.] In 1939, Howard Hughes, who was among many things the largest shareholder of ...
The aircraft was originally conceived by shipbuilder Henry J. Kaiser and it was designed and built by billionaire Howard Hughes and his Hughes Aircraft Company. Because of Kaiser’s initial ...
On Jan. 19, 1937, Howard Hughes set a new transcontinental air speed record in his H-1 Racer aircraft, flying from Los ...