From the Wright Brothers to Charles Lindberg to Amelia Earhart, Chuck Yeager and John Glenn, aviation history is replete with larger than life heroes.
Men and women who blazed the trail for the modern aviation industry.
Among these we must include the enigmatic Howard Hughes Jr. who, unlike anyone before or since, pushed the aviation cause forward, both as a pilot and as a businessman.
Fast Facts
While official birth records are unavailable it is generally conceded that he was Born December 24, 1905 in either Humble or Houston, Texas.
Died April 5, 1976 in Houston, Texas. Technically, he died in an airplane flying over Mexican airspace enroute to Houston.
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