The Hughes XF-11 was Howard Hughes' ambitious long-range reconnaissance aircraft, born from record-breaking dreams and ...

Some historic aircraft seem like a barrel for holding superlatives. One of these, the H-4 Hercules, goes one better because it's also at the center of one of the strangest stories involving possibly ...

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., ...

The Hughes H-1 Racer was custom-built by Howard Hughes with his inherited fortune, designed with exceptional streamlining and innovative features like retractable landing gear and flaps, specifically ...

JoAnn Cowans has been married for 58 years, but it wasn’t until this year that she understood the import of her husband’s career. Ken Cowans had worked for the defense contractor Hughes Aircraft Co., ...

On this day in aviation history, 78 years ago (November 2, 1947), the Hughes H-4 Hercules made its first – and only – flight. More commonly known as the Spruce Goose, the H-4 was a prototype flying ...

Of all the defense plants spotted around the U.S., few have been more tightly cloaked in secrecy than the Hughes Aircraft Co.’s sprawling (74 acres) layouts at Los Angeles, Culver City, Calif., and ...

On Nov. 2, 1947, the largest aircraft ever built flew for about a minute for a mile over Long Beach Harbor in California. The Hughes H-4 Hercules, also called the Spruce Goose, was a wooden flying ...

Could you imagine all of Summerlin being developed as an industrialized site “to test new and improved radar control and guided missile devices for the military?” Unthinkable. What if the entire ...