Howard Hughes
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BK's National Park...programs and exhibits on tap include salutes to world-famous aviators and Floyd Bennett Field luminaries like Howard Hughes, Wiley Post and Amelia Earhart - currently being resurrected on movie screens nationwide by actress Hilary Swank. In this article: National Park, Floyd Bennett Field, Flatbush Avenue, New York City, Silver Gull, and Amelia Earhart |
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Centre Daily Times | October 23, 2009
Amelia'
Amelia' In "The Aviator," Martin Scorsese mythologized Howard Hughes as a 20th-century Icarus who, scorched by the sun, plummeted to earth. In "Amelia," director Mira Nair presents Amelia Earhart, legendary aviatrix, as a female Odysseus who...
In this article: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, Mira Nair, Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Atlantic, Amelia, Girl, Interrupted, Charles Lindberg, and Ron Bass
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New Yorker: Everything | October 25, 2009
David Denby: Tales of Amelia Earhart, Valery Gergiev, and the Paris Opera Ballet.
...a familiar, National Geographic sort of way. But Martin Scorsese did a lot better in "The Aviator," by aggressively styling Howard Hughes and the heroic-aviation period as a kind of Art Deco poster. Alas, the impression of fervent cliche isn't...
In this article: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, Mira Nair, Hilary Swank, Amelia, Mary S. Lovell, Richard Gere, and The Aviator
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The Seattle Times | October 22, 2009
Scarecrow suggest: Like 'Amelia'? Try other movies about pioneer aviators
...is about Howard Hughes the daring test pilot. One of its most exhilarating scenes involves a flight ending with Hughes, crashed, bloodied and on fire, yelling, "I'm Howard Hughes, the aviator!" Diane Keaton plays the legendary aviator in...
In this article: Amelia, Amelia Earhart, Diane Keaton, Fred Noonan, Shirley Muldowney, Mira Nair, Martin Scorsese, Hayao Miyazaki, and Porco Rosso
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New York Times | November 09, 2008
Watch Out for That Stick, Er, Fist: Professional Ice Hockey Bursts Into Brooklyn
...used the field for record-breaking round-the-world flights. Other high-fliers who touched down there included Jackie Cochran, Laura Ingalls, Amelia Earhart and Howard Hughes. The site was also a busy military hub during World War II, and...
In this article: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Aces, Floyd Bennett Field, Ice hockey, New York, World War II, and Kung Fu Fighting
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www.washingtonpost.com | December 22, 2006
Concord Jet Moves to Temporary NYC Home
...a polar explorer, over the North Pole in 1926. It opened in 1931 as New York City's municipal airport and was used by such aviation pioneers as Wiley Post, Amelia Earhart and Howard Hughes. Today, the field is used primarily by police and...
In this article: New York City, USS Intrepid, Hudson River, Floyd Bennett Field, World War II, USS Growler, Concord, Amelia Earhart, Richard E. Byrd, and Wiley Post
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PR Newswire | October 24, 2007
NASA Langley Celebrates 90 Years of Aerospace Innovation
...of aircraft and helped allow jets to fly at supersonic speeds. Aviation pioneers including Orville Wright, Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh and Howard Hughes came to Langley. Then came 1958 and the dawn of the space race. The National...
In this article: Mars, Hampton, Space Shuttle, Climate change, and United States
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Wikipedia | October 13, 2009
Floyd Bennett Field
...at this airfield. Howard Hughes also used Floyd Bennett Field as the start and finish of his July 1938 record-setting circumnavigation of the globe in ninety-one hours (as depicted in the 2004 film The Aviator ). Media-savvy pilot Roscoe...
In this article: Floyd Bennett Field, National Park Service, New York City Police Department, Roscoe Turner, New York City, and California
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Oliver Colin LeBoutillier
...movies, such as ''Hell's Angels '' and ''Wings ''. As a flight instructor he gave Amelia Earhart her first instruction in a twin-engined aircraft and was a test pilot for Howard Hughes. He became a Civil Aviation Authority inspector in...
In this article: Oliver Colin LeBoutillier, Royal Naval Air Service, World War I, Royal Air Force, Colorado and Wyoming, Civil Aviation Authority, Amelia Earhart, and Roy Brown
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Burbank, California
...Mines Field) commenced commercial operations. Amelia Earhart, Wiley Post and Howard Hughes were among the notable aviation pioneers to pilot aircraft in and out of the original Union Air Terminal. By 1935, Union Air Terminal in Burbank ranked...
In this article: Burbank, California, Lockheed, Los Angeles, The Walt Disney Company, Bob Hope Airport, Lockheed Corp., Walt Disney, Revenue, and World War II
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Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American aviator, industrialist, film producer and director, philanthropist, and one of the wealthiest people in the world. He gained fame in the late 1920s as a maverick film producer, making big budget and often controversial films like Hell's Angels, Scarface, and The Outlaw. Hughes was one of the most influential aviators in history. He set multiple world air-speed records (for which he won many awards, including the Congressional Gold Medal), built the Hughes H-1 Racer and H-4 "Hercules" aircraft, and acquired and expanded Trans World Airlines. Hughes is remembered for his eccentric behavior and reclusive lifestyle in later life, caused in part by a worsening obsessive–compulsive disorder. Hughes' legacy is maintained through the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
- Name At Birth:
- Howard Robard Hughes, Jr.
- Birth Date:
- December 24, 1905
- Birthplace:
- Humble, Texas, U.S.
- Death Date:
- April 05, 1976
- Place of Death:
- Houston, Texas, U.S.
- Occupation:
- Chairman, Hughes Aircraft; Industrialist; Aviator; Engineer; Film producer and Director
- Net Worth:
- US$12.8 billion (Forbes 1958)
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