There are many pioneers who carved the way for the modern aviation industry that we see today. This essay is about the aviation pioneer named Howard Hughes. Howard was raised in a wealthy household. As a young man, he was fascinated with aviation. Instead of sitting in a classroom, he preferred tinkering away on mechanical objects. He was a playboy billionaire who spent a majority of his wealth innovating within the aviation industry and film making. His contributions to aviation seemed boundless. He produced films, set flying records, and was an innovator to some of the world’s first aircraft. He was truly one of the greatest aviators in world history.
Howard Hughes
The 1930's was a time of great innovations that propelled the aviation industry
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His father was a successful inventor (he created the two cone roller bit for petroleum drilling) and business man. At a very young age Howard demonstrated great interest in math, science, and technology. At the age of 11 he created the first wireless radio transmitter. Howard was also the first boy in Houston to have a motorized bicycle, which he had built from an old steam engine, and took his first flying lessons at the age of 14. There is no doubt Howard was extremely intelligent and was destined to do great things. Tragically, at 16 years old, Howard's mother died from complications of an ectopic pregnancy and a couple years later when Howard turned 19 his father passed away from a heart attack. The deaths of his mother and father inspired him to later create the medical research laboratory which would be named the Howard Hughes Medical …show more content…
He became a successful director and produced several films that got him his first Academy Award for Best Director. Some of Howard's film included “Everybody's Acting” (1927), “Two Arabian Knights” (1928), “The Racket” (1928) and “The Front Page” (1931). But Howard's biggest and most expensive production, with a price tag of $3.8 million, was called “Hell's Angels” (1930). It was an aviation war movie where Howard flew in some of the scenes during production. Howard enjoyed producing films and dabbling in real estate but Howard also had another passion and that was
Lindbergh’s passion for mechanics didn’t come as a surprise to many. As a young boy, Charles seemed to be very interested in the family’s motorized vehicles, such as the Saxon Six automobile and Excelsior motorbike. But after starting college in the fall of 1920 as a mechanical engineer, his love for aviation started to bloom. Deciding that the field of aviation was more exciting, he dropped out within 2 years. He then decided to take lessons at the Nebraska Aircraft Corporation’s flying school and was up in the air for the first time on April 9, 1922 when he was in a two seat biplane as a passenger. But his solo flight would not be until May 1923 at the Souther Field in Americus, Georgia, an old flight training field where Lindbergh came to buy a World War I Curtiss JN-4 “Jenny” biplane. It only took half an hour to practice with another pilot at the field to decide that Lindbergh was ready to fly the plane himself. After a week of practicing, Lindbergh took off on his biplane on his first solo cross country flight and few weeks after that, achieving his first nighttime flight near Arkansas, both marking huge milestones for the young pilot.
William G. Skelly, also known as Bill Skelly, made waves in the oil and aviation industry with his many accomplishments and contributions. From founding the Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology to organizing the first International Petroleum Exposition Skelly has carved his name in history as being one of the giants in the oil industry as well as a great leader and entrepreneur. From early on Skelly showed tremendous dedication and work ethic to become the man that he was. With the anniversary of his passing vastly approaching, I would like to honor him by talking about his life and some of many accomplishments he made to both the aviation and oil industry.
In fact, several black men across the nation had mastered many of the key technological aspects of flight. There were many black aviators amongst the earliest fliers of transcontinental flights. For example James Banning, who learned to fly from a...
The aviation industry in the 1920s took flight because of men and women like Charles Lindbergh, William Boing, Betty Coleman, William J. Powell, Richard Evelyn Byrd, and Raymond Orteig. Their efforts and risks helped shape the industry as well as the Jazz Age. Both Lindbergh and Amundsen are both famous for their daring feats that helped push the limits of their planes at the time and brought attention to the new industry. Boing and Orteig are also both well recognized for investing in the industry so that it had monetary backup to make it profitable to continuously improve and advance new airplane designs.
Back in the 1920’s when commercial aviation was a fairly new technology it was a slow business. In the 1930’s, the DC-3 was introduced and the airline industry started to become more profitable. The original DC-1 and its successor the DC-2 were both well known planes during their times. Since Douglas was well known for their prowess in engineering, American A...
Throughout the 20th century, it has been the media’s job to pinpoint what events and people would prove to be an effective story. This was certainly the case for Howard R. Hughes. Son to the wealthy Howard Hughes Sr., Howard became the interest of the American people and newspapers for most of his life. Being deemed one of the most famous men of the mid-20th century was greatly attributed to Hughes’s skills as an industrialist, aviator, and motion-picture producer combined with his enormous wealth, intellect, and achievement. The media thrived on Howard’s unusual and sometimes scandalous life, especially in his later years when newspapers would frequently front large amounts of money to get stories on Hughes. Howard was also associated with what has been called one of the greatest publishing hoaxes in history. Howard Hughes Sr., commonly known as Big Howard, was a graduate of the Harvard School of Law, yet never once appeared before a court of law. Big Howard spent the first 36 years of his life chasing money across the Texas plains, as a wildcatter and a speculator in oil leases, working hard enough and earning just enough to move on to another, hopefully more fortunate gamble. In the year of his marriage, Big Howard sold leases on land that proved to have $50,000 in oil beneath it. He promptly took his new wife to Europe for a honeymoon, and returned exactly $50,000 poorer. In 1908, Big Howard turned his ingenuity and his hobby to tinker into good fortune.
Wilbur and Orville Wright spent their lives building and working with mechanical devices. They began with little toys as children and then grew up and began working with bicycles. These works lead them towards their work with airplanes. The Wright Brothers tried for many years to build a successful flying machine and succeeded. The Wright Brothers laid the foundation for aviation when they made history by being the first to create a successful flying machine.
At the age of 23, Howard Hughes came to Los Angeles, California to pursue his own dream in producing films. He started RKO pictures and produced award winning movies such as Scarface, a movie which was bas on the life of ...
His parents were Emma and Henry Owens who were two loving parents. When he was in Junior high he was shattering records and that's when he realized that's what he needs to do.
father commuted every day about 40 miles to and from work. Howard would spend little time
Canadian Air Force Office of Public Affairs. (1996). The Flying Career of William Avery Bishop. [WWW Document] Retrieved May 2nd, 2001 from the World Wide Web: http://www.ukans.edu/~kansite/ww_one/comment/bishop.html
The FAA is a government agency who provides our country with the safest aerospace system in the world today. The FAA was not easily created though it was formed over many years and through the passage of many different bills and acts. The FAA started to take shape in the early 1900's. When the commercial aviation industry was first getting its start many leaders believed that without proper regulation and safety rules, that were set by the federal government, the aviation industry would not succeed. So to achieve their goal Congress passed the Air Commerce Act of 1926. This act made the Secretary of Commerce responsible for making aviation rules, regulations and certifying pilots and aircrafts. It also created an Aeronautics Branch in the Department of Commerce, which oversaw everything about aviation. This Branch of the Government was headed by William MacCracken, and it was the first predecessor to the FAA.
Wilbur Wright once said, “The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air.” He changed American culture forever when he made the first flight alongside his brother Orville. This invention would have an even greater impact on our culture than cars. Although cars are used every day in America, planes have had the largest impact on American culture. Without planes, our lives would be drastically different, but not in a good way. Airplanes had a major impact on military, commerce, and travel.
Thesis- The Wright Brothers took a stand in history by not only creating the first airplane but by developing aviation technology that influenced the modern world air travel
Wilbur and Orville Wright were pioneers, skilled craftsman, and engineers not only in aviation but in many other trades as well. “They loved to tinker and experiment with mechanical things and it characterized the Wrights through out their lives. Each of the brothers had a deeply ingrained inquisitive streak that was nurtured in a home that was encouraged.” (Moolman, 1980, p. 107) They had a good family upbringing, but moved frequently. The Wright brothers paved the way for aviation to take off with their thoughts, ideas, and inventions.