| Description |
1 online resource (190 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prelude; 1. Early Flying Years; 2. Record Flights; 3. Culver City and the War Years; 4. Postwar Era; 5. Test Pilots and the Early Jet Era; 6. Flight Test Division; 7. Transport Aircraft for TWA; 8. Las Vegas; 9. Press Conference; 10. Last Flights; 11. Legacy of Howard Hughes; Epilogue; Selected Resources; Index of Actors, Aviators, and Associates; Index of Aircraft; About the Author |
| Summary |
A test pilot for Howard Hughes separates fact from fiction to tell the inside story of the aviation genius who set speed records in the 1930s and went on to develop some of America's most famous aircraft and weapons. George Marrett draws on his wealth of experiences and those of other Hughes confidants to take readers inside Hughes's complex world#x97;a world that has kept its secrets for nearly six decades. Both a gifted storyteller and a top-notch aviator himself, having tested forty types of military aircraft and logged eight thousand hours in the air, the author integrates stories of Hughes th |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976.
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| SUBJECT |
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976 fast |
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Millionaires -- United States -- Biography
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Air pilots -- United States -- Biography
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Air pilots
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Millionaires
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781682470374 |
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1682470377 |
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