Howard Hughes: AviatorNaval Institute Press, 2016 M05 15 - 264 pages George J. Marrett, a former test pilot for aviator Howard Hughes, separates fact from fiction to tell the inside story of the genius who set flight speed records in the 1930s and went on to develop some of America’s most famous aircraft and weapons. The author draws on his wealth of experiences and those of other Hughes confidants to take readers inside Hughes’s complex and clandestine world. Marrett integrates stories of Hughes the ace pilot with Hughes the designer and businessman who became America’s first billionaire. |
Contents
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3 Culver CIty and the War Years | 43 |
4 Postwar Era | 63 |
5 Test Pilots and the Early Jet Era | 97 |
6 Flight Test Division | 133 |
7 Transport Aircraft for TWA | 163 |
9 Press Conference | 203 |
10 Last Flights | 209 |
11 Legacy of Howard Hughes | 220 |
Epilogue | 226 |
Selected Resources | 243 |
Index of Actors Aviators and Associates | 245 |
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8 Las Vegas | 195 |
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