Who's howard hughes? What achievements have you made in your life?

Howard hughes 1805 was born in Houston, USA on February 24th, and 1956 died on April 5th. His father is an oil speculator.

Howard hughes is one of the few rich Americans who enjoy world prestige. Americans regard him as a hero. His life is full of vigor, adventure and excitement. In the end, through personal unremitting efforts and struggles, he has assets of $2.5 billion.

/kloc-at the age of 0/6, Hughes' mother died on the operating table after a minor operation because of anesthesia failure. Two years later, Hughes Sr also died of heart paralysis at the age of 54. He left assets of about $750,000.

After the funeral, at the public hearing to deal with the issue of inheritance, the relatives and friends of the old Hughes all thought that Hughes had just turned 18 and should go to college. His property should be managed by his uncle Rupert until he reaches 265,438+0. Rupert is a famous playwright and a rich man. He doesn't want to fight for his legacy, but he agrees with his relatives that Hughes Jr. is incapable of managing property and should go to college.

When the judge asked Hughes' opinion, to everyone's surprise, he firmly expressed that he didn't want to study any more. Always taciturn, he gushed out a truth: "According to my father's suicide note, half of the shares of Hughes Company belonged to my mother, which was my father's will before her death. Now that my mother has passed away, my mother's share should be inherited by me; The remaining half, namely 1/4 of the inheritance, also belongs to me. Finally 1/4 was divided equally by relatives and friends. I hope they will allow me to buy all their parts. I want to own a 0/00% stake in Hughes/Kloc. "

Relatives were stunned. The judge asked, "What do you use to buy their shares?"

"I borrowed money from the bank and used real estate as collateral! I am an adult and don't need a guardian. I can succeed my father as the chairman of Hughes Tool Company. Judge, is that right? "

In this way, Hughes, who was only 18 years old, got a bank loan four months after his father died, and bought the inheritance inherited by relatives and friends in cash, becoming the sole owner of Hughes company.

Young Hughes was very interested in movies. Hughes began to invest in the film industry and soon achieved good results.

Hughes likes flying airplanes. Once, when he was flying a private jet with a single pilot hovering over the coast of Malibu, it occurred to him: isn't it very popular to make a movie about air combat? He thought of 19 18. In World War I, Lieutenant Colonel Daning of the British Air Force led seven fighter planes to take off from cruisers and bomb the East German Air Force Base. This is an excellent overseas bombing. The British lost only 1 plane, sank 2 enemy ships and 2 airships. Hughes decided to put this air battle on the screen. At that time, there were no film stunts and air combat. He is going to make a more exciting and spectacular air combat movie with a real plane. The film is called Angel of Hell.

In order to make this film, he spent $2,654,380+on the plane use fee alone and rented 87 planes, including French Spartan fighter, British SE5 fighter, camel bomber, German Fokker fighter, 65,438+035 pilots and 2,000 extras. The number of photographers accounts for almost half of all photographers in Hollywood. The American film industry was shocked by it.

In the process of filming, he suddenly had a wild dream: filming Led Zeppelin attacking London and shooting down a real plane in the air. He thinks that only in this way can the audience be excited.

His secretary tried to stop this madness: "Do you really want to shoot it down? Even in medieval led zeppelin, a ship was not less than $500,000! "

Hughes didn't care: "Yes, just buy that airship and let it explode and burn violently." Never mind, just do it. "

When filming the dive bombing scene, he asked the pilot to rush down from 30 meters above the ground and hit the ground to explode and burn. Pilots are unwilling to do it, and everyone knows that people will die.

No one is willing to take the risk. Hughes said, "Then I'll show you!" "

He really got on the plane before he could jump out. When the plane swooped to the ground, he suddenly turned over and fell to the ground with a growl.

Hughes is dead! There was an exclamation from the crowd.

However, perhaps fate loved this bold young man so much that Hughes managed to climb out of the cockpit just as the plane was about to burn. His injury was not too serious, but his cheek was broken and left a scar.

Hughes spent two years making this film and invested $3 million. The attendance rate is really high after the release.

Hughes is crazy about airplanes. After filming Angel of Hell, he took part in a short flight competition in Miami, and Hughes won the championship at a speed of 302 kilometers per hour. But he is not satisfied with such achievements. His goal is to break the world record. 1927, American pilot Lin Bai flew across the Atlantic Ocean in 33 hours and 30 minutes, causing a sensation in the world and was called "the hero of the century" by Americans. In order to break the record set by Lindbergh, Hughes began to devote himself to the research and development of new aircraft. He has two excellent airplane designers: Parma and Otikak. They named the future plane H 1.

Otikak is a mechanical engineer and keen on flying. He was an actor hired by Hughes when he filmed Hellscream. Later, he was appreciated by Hughes and was appointed as the chief designer. Otikak has many bold ideas about building new planes. For Hughes, who is crazy about speed, he is a rare talent. In that secret aircraft factory, they constantly improved the shape of the aircraft, chose the Pratt & Whitney engine with the best performance 1000 horsepower, and it took 15 months to finally manufacture it with a length of 8? 2 meters, wing length 7? A 6-meter monoplane named H 1 Because the fuselage is so short, no one knows how long it can fly in the air. No one in Hughes dared to fly a plane, so Hughes decided to fly it himself.

1935 September 12 When everything was ready, it was already west. The referee technician in charge of speed measurement suggested flying again tomorrow, because it was near dusk and the flight backlight was dazzling. Hughes can't wait. He has put on his flight suit, jumped into the cabin and started the plane engine. The plane took off.

The first test speed reached 556 kilometers per hour. The referee technician told him by radio: this time it doesn't count, because it violated the regulations of the Air Transport Association and didn't make a level flight. So Hughes circled in the air and made a second horizontal flight.

"World record, the speed has reached 566 kilometers!" The referee's shout came from the earphone.

Hughes was so excited that he didn't land immediately and continued to fly, trying to set a new world record. The third flight was only 542 kilometers. He doesn't want to fly anymore!

"567 kilometers." Another new world record!

Hughes smiled smugly, but he still didn't want to stop. On his fifth and sixth flights ... suddenly, the engine stopped working and he found that the main fuel tank was out of oil. He hurriedly pressed the button of instant oil supply, but to no avail, it was too late and the engine had completely stopped.

Hughes intends to glide to a forced landing, but he can't control the plane. H 1 rushed to the ground at the speed of vertical falling.

At this time, it was already dark, and members of the aviation association on the ground suddenly lost sight of Hughes' plane and lost contact with the radio. Everyone was surprised.

Hughes tried his best to control the plane and landed safely in a beet field. When the people from the Aviation Association got there, they saw the plane lying there intact, and Hughes was proudly climbing out of the cabin, with a notebook in one hand and a pencil in the other. He was all smiles: "Did I set a world record?"

Until now, this plane has been kept in the Smithsonian Aviation Museum in Washington.