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 ...

McMINNVILLE — The Hughes Flying Boat, aka the Spruce Goose, is arguably the most famous aircraft in the world despite flying just once. The flight logbook, in a display case inside the belly of the ...

The aeronautical vision of Howard Hughes continues to beguile us. Robert Bernier The H-1 Racer was developed to be the fastest landplane in the world, but it also had an impact on the design of ...

Howard Hughes is best known for being a billionaire movie mogul, playboy, and aeronautics engineer. He produced the films "Hell's Angels," "The Front Page," and "The Outlaw" in the 1930s and 1940s, ...