On July 7, 1946, aviation tycoon Howard Hughes finally took his long-delayed reconnaissance aircraft, the Hughes XF-11, into ...
On Apr. 5, 1947, the second prototype of the Hughes XF-11 twin-boom aircraft made its first complete flight (takeoff and safe landing), piloted by Howard Hughes. Designed and built by Hughes Aircraft ...
On July 7, 1946, the XF-11 was scheduled for its maiden flight with Howard Hughes at the controls. After years of political and economic negotiations with the government and military, the businessman ...