My grandparents and my dad worked for Hughes aircraft. My grandfather invented tools that were needed that didn't already exist. He was a tool and die maker/ machinist. He was self taught. When he retired Hughes had to hire him back for awhile because the college educated engineers couldn't figure out how to do the job. My grandpa's name appears on the patent paperwork for the tools that he invented. My grandmother did some of the wiring for the early NASA projects.
Well done video, particularly the early biography information. However, you didn't mention the one key incident that led to Howard Hughes's physical and mental decline -- his near fatal plane crash in 1946. According to doctors, it was a miracle he survived, suffering numerous broken bones, a broken neck and severe burns all over his body. This is key to understanding his strange behavior he became known for. As a direct result of the accident, he became addicted to pain killers for the rest of his life. Side note: One of the best books I've read about Howard Hughes is "The Investigation" by Gary Magnesen about the famous "Mormon will" mentioned in this video.
@@tintindb He was such a great test pilot that the Army banned him from flying any prototypes of Army aircraft after the 1946 crash where he massively screwed up.
It lacks a lot of things: his deals with providing planes to the Air Force, the creation of TWA, his fundamental role in turning Las Vegas what it is today, the fake diaries of Howard Hugues that he debunked on press conference by phone with several journalists to recognize his voice. The video makes seem that he did no movie at all at RKO and that was a short affair: he owned RKO for 10 years: from the 40s to the 50s. It is a very incomplete biography.
Even though you show videos of it, no biography of Hughes is complete without mentioning the Spruce Goose. My mother met Hughes. For a time he lived in San Antonio, early 1950's. My mother was a cashier at the Piggly Wiggly on San Pedro Ave. He would come in and have his staff load multiple carts full of groceries. He would only let my mother ring up the purchases because she was the fastest cashier (and a good looking blonde). The groceries all went to a nearby orphanage.
The biggest plane in the world at the 👁️👀👁️ time Hughes was dragged into Congress to explain why it was costing so much money 🤑 as it probably wouldn't or couldn't fly Hughes SAID if it doesn't fly I'll leave the USA and never return 😊 he personally flew it two it A half a mile
You don't mention how he inherited so much in the first place. His father invented the rock crushing drill bit used for oil drilling and patented it, then refused to sell any, instead leasing them out for a fortune and retaining full control. As he put it "This does not give me a monopoly of the oil drilling business, people can always use a pick and shovel."
Baker-Hughes still leases drilling tools. Supplied with full factory and engineering support and a field crew to take over and operate them. It is a very good way to do business. As the inventor and manufacturer are involved with every use, and can ensure it is used as effectively as possible. While learning every thing that is known about the operation, making improvements based on this experience, and keeping it in-house. So anyone who wants to compete has to start where you started, from zero, without gaining the coveted 10:1 advantage that comes from copying. Brilliant.
In 1986 I took a job at Hughes Aircraft Company in Tucson Arizona, and the old guys there told me that every Christmas back in the old days, Howard Hughes would send a rail road train out to the tracks that cut through the Factory Area, and there they would unload free turkeys for all of the employees, so that they could all have sumptuous Christmas dinners. After Hughes died the new owners allowed that tradition to lapse. So, yeah, Howard Hughes had his problems, but where he was good, he was great. Thumbs up- for the good in him.
@@brigittebeltran6701 Yeah, I was in Tucson when Raytheon bought out General Dynamics from San Diego. F! Just a few years before Raytheon had bought out Hughes Aircraft and they had problems asserting their Corporate Culture over the Hughes Culture, and so being so unsure of itself, well, the General Dynamics Culture took over. Well, the Hughes and Raytheon Culture had been great for dedicated and competent workers, that is, you could extend your expertise outward into as many projects as you could handle, and your territory would be recognized and your contributions appreciated. But the General Dynamics California crowd, well, they needed to take their engineers to the men's room to show them how to wipe their asses. But their Engineers picked up the same vibe of being helpless as their men. Instead of asking us how our own lines worked, they'd try to find more senior engineers belonging to our venders or whatever. It turned into a crappy place to work, when before it had been a kind of Worker's Paradise... even the Hughes and Raytheon Engineers had like it, because once the Workers knew their lines and everything was going smooth, then it would be like a Perpetual Motion Machine, everything taking care of itself. But the General Dynamics Engineers crashed everything and then insisted on sifting the ashes with nobody's help.
@@JohnJohnson-pq4qz Well, Hughes might have been tight with a nickel but maybe that contributed to his being able to keep the factory doors open when other companies failed. When I was there I knew really old guys that had been working there over 30 years, and they weren't complaining. but I hated Union Contract time, where the Union Anarchists would be twisting our arms and threatening to burn our houses and trash our cars unless we screamed for Boss Blood loud enough. Really, you wonder where hate in our Society comes from, and the Unions are still legal to do what they do. You would think conspiracy to violence and extrortion and coercion would be indictable offenses., but apparently where Unions are concerned, it's all just written off as "Boys Being Boys".
While he was in hospital after the plane crash he found the hospital bed so uncomfortable that he set about redesigning it, and the hospital beds we have today is the result? He was also very hard of hearing (something else we have in common ) I find him fascinating so thank you for sharing your video. 🙏🏻🇬🇧
@@glynisforbes-bloomfield3325 From personal experience I wouldn’t say hospital beds are comfortable. Facts are facts we don’t know the real truth only what we have been programmed to believe. Your social security number if proof your just a cow.
Wow!! Thanks for the info!! ❤ I’ve spent way too much time in hospital beds in my life & I can barely stand the “fancy” ones that some places have; I can’t even imagine what the hospital beds were like back then!!😢👎 Go Howard!!❤
The most amazing thing about Howard Hughes is how much he was able to accomplish in spite of his many phobias, mental illnesses, and having to live in chronic pain. Most people would have killed themselves.
He was a genius...Except that he made that Spruce Goose plane that couldn't fly... For your information, lots of people who have mental illness are superior in intelligence.
He most likely lied about his birth date, I'm 100% sure of this. He said he was born December 24, 1905, which would have given him Mercury in Sag. He was most likely born September 24, 1905, with Mercury in Virgo. There is absolutely no way he had Mercury in Sag. Sag is too focused on the big picture to worry about details. Virgo specializes in small details. Hughes was obsessed with minor detail. When I contacted Astrotheme and pointed this out to them, they immediately agreed and changed his birth date on their website to the September 24 date. Check it out, Wikipedia differs to Astrotheme now. I am honored to have corrected this.
I don't know how effective those leather helmets were in preventing brain damage in the early years of aviation, but being Howard Hughes, he didn't always wear one. Just like some people today who still don't wear a seatbelt when they drive, because they are "great drivers", he felt he was "invincible" in the air. He was a "daredevil" who took unnecessary chances when he flew, and ended up with plane crashes that could have been avoided.
Fools! Hughes became the enemy of the state when he healed himself of multiple broken bones with Florida oranges. This meant Calcium and Vitamin C were a miracle healer, making him the target of the Rockefellers. They in turn, made him insane with fear. He became paranoid, It destroyed him. destroyed h
I bought a micrometer on eBay, in the bottom of the box was a piece of cardboard, on the back side of the card was the printing of a Hughes Aircraft time card.
You are the proud owner of a micrometer that once belonged to a guy who bought a micrometer from a guy who worked for Hughes Aircraft. And you have a perfect name for for an defense contractor employee!
Hughes was also a pioneer in chronic pain management. He was nearly killed in a 1946 plane crash, and spent the rest of his life battling pain from it.
He can be credited for specialized cable television, as well. He had an affinity for old western shows and movies. He would continuously call the television stations and request old westerns to be broadcast. They advised him that if that is what he wanted, then he should buy a network. He DID and looped nothing but old westerns! Fun fact…although not for him, I’m sure.
This is apocryphal at best. He owned the television broadcaster in Las Vegas, and did make requests by telephone. Mostly, he endlessly watched films using a motion picture projector in his room..
@@MrShobar HH was an amazing man a real Genius but in viewing part of his film the outlaw His movie making was not up to the likes of John Houston imo who made great western films. Oh well guess you can't be good at everything This however does not in any way take away his genius HH was such a creative and energetic "go-getter" in his youth he was brave too and to top everything else very attractive So sad that his later life was spent mentally unhinged
@@MrShobarhe DID make requests..and he DID purchase NVs first broadcast station KLAS in the late 60s. He intended to air more westerns and aviation films.
When I was doing my psychiatric nurse training. We still had a group of patients who had neurosyphilis. One we called The Sheriff, he had a toy sheriff's badge, and a very realistic cap gun. Lovely guy, he'd been the head window cleaner at Buckingham Palace. Mad as a box of frogs, but a lovely, gentle guy.
I despair of younger people these days to use not precautions (there IS still Chlamydia & HIV that show no symptoms!). These young people seem to think that it they get a STD then a course of antibiotics will be the end of it. That is not always the case with syphilis.
@@TheCloggydoggy Ikr! I feel like such an old lady but these kids make me crazy! As a GenXer: condoms condoms condoms PLUS birth control (whether barrier, pharma, or spermicide). Congratulations Millenials, you brought back SYPHILIS! Completely unheard of, except older cases, and almost eradicated when I was coming up. Can't even speak about Gen Z. Sad really but watcha gonna do. I'll pull up a rocking chair with ya Cloggydoggy and complain about kids today, smh. 😁❤️🍻
@@AndyYoung789 Trump’s has the symptoms of syphilis. That is why he uses orange makeup and dyes his hair. His rambling speeches and beliefs that Hannibal Lector was a great man are also the results of infection.
I'm from Houston. My uncle was his personal pilot. My aunt didn't like him flying Hughes around with all of the starlets. He said he was an odd duck but a good guy.
Hughes suffered from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) which went undiagnosed by a medical community that had not yet formally identified the disorder as a recognized mental illness. His extroverted type A high achiever personality made this illness worse but it was his pain killer drug addiction, (the result of chronic unbearable pain following his plane crash,) that exacerbated the OCD symptoms even more. Had he access to modern treatment for OCD and pursued drug addiction treatment he would not have fell victim to the combination of their effects. What happened to Hughes could have happened to anyone. He was a great visionary whose contributions to aviation and space technology are still in use today. Lastly, unlike what the title of this video suggests , Hughes never lost his mind, his OCD did play out with some pretty strange behavior, but he knew it was strange, which is why he stayed away from people, that , and germs, but truly crazy people don't try to hide their behavior like Hughes did, he knew it was strange, crazy people don't have that wherewithal !
@John-ev3rm Well said..and the truth was revealed that he didn't pass until 2001. His homeless lookalike from the streets of Vegas did and Hughes' family fought over his fortune while he lived in Panama with his wife. There's a great book covering the very interesting and well researched facts that most people still don't know. It's called, 'Boxes, the secret life of Howard Hughes' by Douglas Wellman and Mark Musick
I worked at Hughes tools in the old industrial part of Houston, we were demolishing out but saving machines to send to another drill co. In Texas, well the weird thing i noticed was when we were able to go back into the mgmt area of the shop. It looked like you went back in time to 1940s, old typewriters, suits n hats hanging, couches that were leather from way back like you were in a museum, just bizzar , even smelled like old times. I didn't like going back in there it felt like you were being watched and weren't supposed to be in there ,we were told Not To Touch anything, that howard Hughes wanted it left like this .
Howard Hughes is a hero to me, a mentor. Talk about guts, as a pilot, a genuis, over the edge. Losing both his parents at an early age would have been traumatising. I have ocd and I didn't realise until I had purchased over 6 Harley Davidson motorcycles, and I had no home, living in a caravan, over 60nyears old still driving milk tankers to survive, and bought more. Until my body gave up, osteo in the hip, so bought small Sportster, can't get on it, so bought a scooter. I have an aircraft for 18 months and can not get in it. Howard Hughes was a great man and loved aviation, an inspiration and sorry to see his ill health and destruction.
@@schrisdellopoulos9244 Actually a Kiwi like Shane Van Gisbergen, living in Australia. I survived an aircraft crash, cropdusting in a Piper PA 25 235 Pawnee. They usually explode on impact, fuel tank behind engine. Mine didn't, and I went in nose first after hitting power wires, and my crash helmet had damage from hitting the internal cockpit crash cage; so I Praise God regularly.
I was living in the Bahamas and spent most days doing Dolphin Shows with my Boyfriend at the time. It was at Brittania Beach Resort, where Howard Hughes spent the last years of his life holed up. He had the ENTIRE TOP FLOOR. Everybody knew that he was nuts and many rumors circulated among the Staff.
I believe he lived the last year of his life at the Princess Hotel in Acapulco. He was carried out as he was dying and put on a plane to Houston where he died en route.
I learned to fly helicopters in the Hughes TH-55 Osage in Texas. They were internal combustion engines and 6 fan belts drove the main rotor. We called them "Mattel Messerschmidts" due to their relatively small size. The fun started after I soloed and we got to tear ass around the Mineral Wells area. Thank you Howard. BTW, the basic model was updated and nowadays known as the Schweizer S300.
I suffer OCD and anxiety and watching the Aviator I saw exactly my own condition. Particularly the inability to choose and make a decision along with the repeating of lines. Its living hell, it truly is
I discovered I'm autistic while having my 5-year old daughter diagnosed. I am 57, so in my day there was no chance to even get close to the source of my "odd" behaviour. Everyone around me assumed I was strongly eccentric at best, a candidate for the lunatic asylum at worst. The funny thing is that my 2-and-a-half-year old son is showing traits of autism: lining up of his toys following perfect geometric patterns, obsessions about topics which become all-consuming (it was trains, now it's planets), fixations, etc. And about our OCD, I don't wanna even go there. Besides, for me it's too late. If I'm lucky I have ten years left. What good would it do?
I understand his cleanliness OCD as I have it. I've always been a germaphobe but got worse after getting covid in 2020. I am always washing my hands especially after touching something someone else. Refuse to touch door handles unless I use part of my clothing as a barrier. It can be hell at times
I have OCD for a lifetime and panic attacks from anxiety, I joke that when I'm walking around with tissue boxes on my feet you'll know I lost it. I've broken my back 3 times, no doctor will give me pain meds since 2012 because they're afraid to lose their license, my spine is collapsing. Nothing will get to you more than constant, sometimes excruciating pain, and not being able to sleep.
There's a 1980 movie called "Melvin and Howard" about Melvin Dumar's claim. Like most "based on a true story" movies, it's mostly BS. Jason Robards as Howard Hughes is worth the watch alone.
Once you said scandalous I knew it was Syphillis. That was rampant back in the day and without the knowledge we have today it was far worse. Thanks for clearing up how he died, I always did wonder that.
My aunt had that happen. Her husband gave it to her and she never knew until it had gone to her brain. She then began to drink beer day and night, stay up all night (she lived with us at that point) and would chainsmoke all night. She did get off the beer with some medical help but died at 63, such a shame, because she was the nicest person but her horrible husband gave that to her and destroyed her life.
That finally makes sense. Thank you for a logical conclusion to HH demise. (The "Carpetbaggers" - is still one of my favorite "based on" movies.) 😉🙏🏼 God bless Mr. Hughes.
@@hblee88 It doesn't make total sense as he was still able to make brilliant business decisions and even appeared in Vegas at least into the late 60s. A good story about Hughes was sometime in the sixties after his grooming and appearance had already deteriorated, he played some table game at a casino he'd bought, but one of the floor men had no idea who he was and just saw a guy in old clothes and wanted to throw him out. The manager had no idea who he was either, but said hey he's playing, spending money and isn't bothering anyone, leave him alone. Hughes purchased several other casinos and put the man in charge of running them as from the incident he figured he was competent.
I always remember reading that after his security guys accidentally lost his wife's cat he made them all write letters to the cat, asking how it was. A very eccentric genius.
I can't "like" this video because it completely overlooks his relationship with the CIA. The Russian Submarine alone was an amazing feat and reveals just how much he and the CIA worked together. This part of his life needs to be explored and/or exposed.
We learned about Hughes' OCD in psych class in the 70s; it was fairly well-known that Hughes didn't bathe, shave, or cut his nails and-apparently-shuffled around with Kleenex boxes on his feet.
That was directly before he died. His caregivers weren't doing their job. I feel sorry for the man, someone should have watched after him. I am well acquainted with mental illness and lots of times it is prevalent in the rich and in the poor. I admired him, Howard Hughes was a genius. Takes one to know one...
@@OpalAllen-j8r Yes, I agree. Why weren't the individuals responsible for his care investigated and charged with neglect/abuse? His 'Doctor' prescribing massive amounts of Codeine was also negligent, if not criminal. The neglect and abuse that HH was subjected to was astounding!! Then there is the matter of the dubious financial transactions, benefiting those 'caring' for him.
I worked on a computer for Summa Corporation (Hughes' company) in Las Vegas in July of 1977 and it was as if Howard Hughes was still alive and everything was running accordingly. The TV stations only played the best movies and constantly. The class of his hotels is unmatched by the hotels today and they spoiled me forever.
Companies led by the a visionary (ie, Apple, Tesla, Nvidia, etc.) are like this. It's when bean counters take the lead when corporations implode. (i.e. Intel, HP, Kodak, and Starbucks?).
Some genius types never fit in. They are true aliens on this planet and see through all the games people play. If at age 11 invented his autobicycle, he was advanced beyond most.
@@Blackbird_Singing_in_the-Night His family wasn't rich until his dad invented the rock crushing drill bit in the Humble Texas oilfields outside of Houston.
@@evelynhyland I never saw Mr. Hughes so your dad was lucky. I worked for Hughes Radar Systems in the prototype shop. The place was excellent in every way possible. We didn't even have to clean our machines because there were other employees to do that. The older guys were eager to share tricks of the trade and the cafeteria was a restaurant. Armed guards worked the elevators to get down to the shop and it paid well. The only downfall was the drive to El Segundo, CA.
During the 70s, we lived in the Hotel Intercontinental in Managua, Nicaragua. Howard Hughes spent a good amount of his late years living in the same hotel and same rooms. We loved hearing about his weird habits from the staff.
One of the invention we see every day that Howard designed was for his movie starring Jane Russell called the Outlaw and knowing that sex sells wanted her large bust shown in the very best way and also to satisfy the movie censors. He, therefore, personally designed the uplift bra with wire support that all of us men today enjoy. Thanks Howard RIP
The saying: Money does not bring happiness! It pisses me off because I would make good use of that much money and certainly not waste my life away! Money brings happiness in the right hands!!
@@beatricerigaud8942 What does money have anything to do with happiness? I can be blessed and happy with money. Which one would you pick poor and happy or rich and happy. I’ll take the rich and happy personally.
A friend of mine was a LV PD Detective. He told me that Hughes' handlers never left his side, never, not for a moment. EMS had been called several times to the LV penthouse hotel Hughes called home, this went on for years before he died. The police became involved when they noted the broken off needles in his arms and the horrible state he was in. The handlers were quick to spread icing over this, as well as money. The detectives were told to back off. He told me that Hughes' business interests had been completely taken over by his handlers and that they kept him doped constantly, living in his own filth. Those handlers? I'll give you a clue... their HQ is Salt Lake City.
I was honored to him in person . He stopped by my DaDs house to meet us thank my DaD for all the drawings he had done for him. My didn’t one cent for all those drawings. Very nice and kind man!
Very, very intetesting compilation and compendium on Hughes. Indeed some things were culturally and socially known, such as characters in movies based on him. However the fog of mystery and eccentricism amplified by the MSM of the day didn't bring out such details as his medical history (maybe it wasn't released to the journalists or general public arena or such details were pushed aside back then). But this video is really well done. Thank you.
At the time, narcotics such as codeine, was freely available, didn't require a prescription. In Canada, codeine was available in a regular pain medication was called Anacin 444?..,up until, at least the early 1990's. It was their version of Tylenol or Ibuprofen I had a coworker ask me to bring her back a bottle from my visit to Canada at the time. I was unaware of what it contained.
Hughes inherited enough to buy out all his relative's interests in the Hughes Tool Company. Smart move for a young man. But you missed this point. Also, Hughes discovered his father's body on the lawn of their home. He'd died of a heart attack.
At 10:20 you say that Nixon ordered the Watergate break-in. Actually, Nixon was unaware beforehand of the break-in. Also, the main source of income for Hughes was his patented invention of a special kind of drill bit used for hard rock oil drilling. Hughes also founded TWA airlines.
Yep. He inherited Hughes tool but built TWA and fought the government corruption with Pan AM non stop. They hated his competition that was hurting them.
In his youth, Hughes attended Prosso School in Houston, under the tutelage of James Richardson, second husband of Ethel Sloan Park Smith (my grandmother). My father Wilbur, uncle Ralph, and aunt Lucille all attended Prosso and knew Hughes well, especially since Hughes was a bully who picked on Ralph until Lucille, with flailing arms, beat the hell out of Howie. Later, Dad drew on his acquaintance for a job and wound up working on the “Spruce Goose.” I remember asking Dad what Hughes was like. He answered, tersely (as was his wont), “Son of a bitch.”
Syphilis. Makes sense. It is strange how he wasn't prescribed penicillin after is was discovered in 1930. He had the money and connections. By 1941 it was purified for mass use. He still would've suffered ill effects, but at least it wouldn't have gotten worse.
It was already too late and rain its course if you have syphilis in the brain and only can take up to 12 months if not treated after that penicillin won't work
I worked for Hughes GSG in Fullerton in the early 80's then went to Corp Telecom in Long Beach for a few years. They put be through school and I will be forever grateful for that. But by then Hughes had got completely batshit crazy. I did get to walk thru some offices that he maintained and also through the Spruce Goose. Never got on the Glomar Explorer but went dockside to see it in LB. Since I was a corporate guy I did get to see pretty much all the Hughes facilities including Culver City and Missile Systems Group manufacturing in Tucson.
OCD is hell, it can destroy you like it did him. I suffer the cleanliness OCD, I'm a major germaphobe and get paranoid if I can't wash my hands after touching objects other people touch. I don't like being in places where there are a lot of people concentrated because of potential airborne diseases
I actually saw the Spruce Goose when it was in Long Beach, CA with the Queen Mary. I just remember how unbelievably enormous it was as and I walked through the fuselage and the wings. I remember the guide saying you could fit 50-70 people in one of the wings alone.😳 Thanks for posting this info as I had no idea it had been moved to Oregon.😊
I worked at Hughes Aircraft in Culver City and then El Segundo from No 1973 until I retired in Nov. 1999. Shortly thereafter it was taken apart piece by piece.
There’s still a lot of the Hughes, now Boeing, buildings left in El Segundo. I worked there until 2015. When they did a major remodel on the original Hughes Machine Tool headquarters you would have known as S50, I wandered up to Howard’s office for a quick look.
Hughes has always been a fascinating person to learn about! Great Job making this about Howard Hughes! It's full of great information. HH definitely had the concept/ idea for On Demand Television! His mindset was the way the future... 😊
Great video, concise and intriguing. I have read about Robert Mahue and his connections in attempts to kill Castro. Purportedly, a man looking like Hughes played the role but became a recluse. Mahue is also peripherally connected to the JFK assassination.
He is a true American hero. The man hated communists and communism, he was a natural born aviation and defense genius. Contributing much to the field. Companies and products still exist to this day thanks to him. When singled out among everyone else for doing what he did for the country during war by asswipe, jealous politicians and rivals, he clowned on them all with great results. Was he odd? Yes, but so what. He is one of the greatest humans, and there will never be anyone like him ever again.
I find it incredible that the opening picture is of a younger Hughes and one of the last photos of Jason Robards. I know this because my dad was a friend of his, and would drag me along to visit.
Who does? Most of us, successful or not, feel age ripping bits and pieces out of us. While many leave this world lucid and with a sense of accomplishment, satisfaction or gratitude, the majority feel a longing for what might have been, trails left untrodden.
Why no mention of the "SPRUCE GOOSE"❓ One night outside of Las Vegas, while on a speed test run, on a dark back road, myself and 3 friends picked up "Howard" and his friend in my '57 Cadillac Hearse. They waved us down, while standing in the road waving because "Howard" had hurt/sprained his ankle as I was doing 120 mph past them, I almost hit them.😱 I turned around and picked them up, and they sat in the back as I brought the speed back up to 120 mph until we got close to their destination when I heard a unfamiliar voice from the back saying; "I sense your motor is running on all cylinders." I answered back; "You BETCHA!" His friend requested that we drop them off a short distance from the house and when they got out my friend, in the back said; "Do you know who that was ... That was Howard HUGHES!"
Don't even try pretending that's Howard in photo with the long scraggly hair next to a young Howard. It's Jason Robards as Howard in his OSCAR winning performance.
Oh, my! Howard Hughes had SYPHILLIS?! Scandalous, indeed! For the 20 people who’ve heard of Howard Hughes, and HAVEN’T seen The Aviator. Or, literally any other media discussing Hughes. Groundbreaking stuff, Factinate! Factinating!
Yes this isn't a good representation of Howard Hughes Shame people drag his life through the muck..he was brilliant. I enjoyed watching Leonardo C in the Aviator.
Do you know, at the time, I couldn't make heads or tails of the Watergate Scandal, and when you said what it was, it seems unbelievable that it brought down a President, and, to me it's totally hilarious. For all the wring reasons.
LOTS of inaccuracies in this clickbait video. The conclusion about Hughes’ mental state, presented as settled fact, is anything but. Hughes lived a long, illustrious life that defies summary in a 15 minute video. Read some books about him if you want the facts. This ain’t it.
Well done info. My Dad worked for Hughes Tool Company in Texas as a Master Machinist. Also later worked for Hughes at his Culver City and Santa Monica locations. I even eventually worked for Hughes Aircraft in Fullerton, CA as a Tech for a few years along with my brother. I have to think after surviving his crash in the XF-11 into Beverley Hills, he became sort of a pain-cripple, only moderated by pain killing drugs.
