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In June 1966, the United States’ unmanned spacecraft landed on the moon for the first time, and the world was in an uproar. The moon landing has been a myth of mankind since ancient times, and it has now come true. The manufacturer of this spacecraft is the Hughes Aircraft Manufacturing Company.

Howard Hughes's name is as well-known in the United States as Washington and Lincoln. Because he is one of the few wealthy Americans with world-renowned reputation, he is a hero in the eyes of Americans. His life can be described as vigorous, full of adventure and excitement. He has a net worth of US$2.5 billion. In his later years, he lived in seclusion, his whereabouts were unpredictable, and he no longer appeared in public.

Howard Hughes was born in Houston, USA, on December 24, 1905. His father was an oil speculator.

When Hughes was 16, his mother unfortunately passed away due to a medical accident. Two years later, Hughes Sr. also died, leaving assets of approximately $750,000.

Hughes, who was only 18 years old, obtained a bank loan four months after his father passed away and used cash to buy out the portion of the inheritance inherited by his relatives and friends, becoming the only owner of Hughes Company. owner, and succeeded him as chairman of the company.

The young Hughes was very interested in movies, but he had a bad start when he first entered the film industry, which made him even more persistent.

Howard Hughes loved flying airplanes. Once, when he was soaring in the sky in a single-person private plane, he suddenly had an idea: Wouldn't it be very popular to make a film showing aerial combat? He thought of the First World War in 1918, when British Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Danin led several Sopitz Camel fighter jets to take off from the battleship and bomb the German East Delun Air Force Base. It was an extremely successful transoceanic bombing campaign. The British army only lost one aircraft and sank two enemy ships and two airships. Hughes decided to put the air battle on the screen. At that time, movie stunts showing aerial combat had not yet appeared. He planned to use real airplanes to make an aerial combat film that was more exciting and spectacular than actual combat. The film was titled "Hell's Angels".

In order to shoot this movie, he spent US$2.1 million on aircraft usage fees alone, renting dozens of aircraft, including French Spartan fighter jets, British SE5 fighter jets, Camel bombers, German Fokker fighter jets, more than 100 pilots, and 2,000 extras; the number of photographers accounts for almost half of the total number of photographers in Hollywood. The American film industry was surprised.

Hughes was very fascinated by airplanes. After filming "Hell's Angels", he participated in a national short-distance flying competition. Hughes won the championship with a speed of 302 kilometers per hour. But he was not satisfied with this result, he was determined to break the world record.

In 1927, American pilot Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic Ocean in 33 hours and 30 minutes. The whole world was shocked and he was called the "hero of the century" by Americans. In order to break the record set by Lindbergh, Hughes began to work on the development of new aircraft. He had two outstanding aircraft designers: Oticak and Palmer. They named the future aircraft Hi. Oticak is a mechanical engineer and also passionate about flying. Oticak had many bold ideas for building new aircraft, and he was a rare talent for Hughes, who was crazy about speed. In that secret aircraft manufacturing plant, they continued to improve the shape of the aircraft and selected the best-performing 1,000-horsepower Pratt & Whitney engine. It took them one year and three months to finally build the fuselage. It is a Hi-type monoplane with a length of 8.2 meters and a wing length of 7.6 meters. Because the fuselage was extremely short, no one knew how long it would fly in the air, and test pilots were afraid to fly the aircraft, so Hughes decided to test it himself.

In September and December 1935, when all preparations came to a halt, the sun was setting in the west. The referee technician in charge of the speed test suggested flying again tomorrow. Because it is close to dusk now, the backlight is dazzling when flying, and I am afraid that something will go wrong. But Hughes couldn't wait any longer. He had already put on his flight suit, jumped into the cabin, started the plane's engine, and the plane slowly flew into the blue sky.

The first test speed reached 556 kilometers. The referee technician told him via radio: This time it did not count because it violated the rules of the aviation association and did not fly levelly. So Hughes circled in the air and flew horizontally for the second time.

"World record, the speed has reached 566 kilometers per hour!" The referee's cry came through the earphones. Hughes, who was so excited, did not land immediately and continued flying, hoping to set a new world record.

The third time was only 542 kilometers. He was unwilling to give in and flew again!

“567 kilometers.” Another new world record! ”

Hughes still refused to stop and continued to fly again and again... Suddenly, the engine stopped working.

He then discovered that the main fuel tank had run out of oil. . He quickly pressed the button for instant refueling, but it was too late. The engine had stopped completely.

Hughes could no longer control the aircraft and had to rush to the ground at a vertical speed. Fortunately, Hughes finally made an emergency landing in a sugar beet field.

While Hughes was making risky flights again and again, the oil drilling rig patent and film career left behind by his father were still being worked on. He created a steady stream of wealth. No one knows when he became interested in the shares of American Trans World Airlines. By around 1937, Hughes already owned 87% of the shares of the company.

Hughes did not stop his adventurous flying. In order to challenge the one-week flight record around the world, he chose and improved an Electra 14 type developed by Lockheed Company that can carry 12 people. airplane.

On July 10, 1938, Hughes and four crew members took off from Brooklyn's Bennett Field in a modified Electra 14. After a long flight of 3 days and 19 hours and 17 minutes, Hughes' plane finally flew back to the United States and returned to the place of departure. A crowd of 25,000 people had already gathered at Brooklyn's Bennett Airport to welcome Hughes, the hero of the century, who returned victoriously. During World War II, after the U.S. military regained Guadalcanal Island in the Pacific Theater, seaplanes began to show their skills.

This giant seaplane model KHl designed by Hughes has a total length of 97.5 meters, a height of 15.2 meters, a dead weight of more than 300 tons, and 8 Pratt... The Whitney 2800 engine is the largest "Big Mac" aircraft in history.

At the time, people were skeptical about whether the huge plane could take to the skies, but Hughes let the facts speak for themselves, and he succeeded. In April 1948, Hughes personally drove the Big Mac. After sprinting on the sea for a period of time, it took off steadily. Movie cameras captured this historic shot in a lasting memory. America was once again a sensation, and following his round-the-world flight, Hughes once again established himself as a hero in the minds of Americans.

In 1965, Hughes Aircraft Company launched an 85-pound commercial communications satellite with 6,000 lines of round-trip telephone capabilities and 12 types of color television, thus establishing a link between the European and American continents. TV Telephone Network. Hughes married twice but had no offspring. After his death, Hughes Aircraft Company's equity worth $5.2 billion was acquired by General Motors. This huge amount of money belongs to the Howard Hughes Medical Research Consortium of Hughes Aircraft Company, which has become the world's largest fund consortium.

If there was no sudden whim, there would be no soaring sky of Hughes. Indeed, the ingenious business consciousness of Jewish businessmen was more thoroughly reflected in Hughes.