Hughes, Howard Robard 1905 - 1976

	1937 Feb, 19	Set new trans-continental speed record, from Los Angeles to Newark in 7hrs, 28mins, 25secs in an improved H-1. His average speed was 332mph.
	1938 Jul, 14	Lands in Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, NY ending a record-setting flight around northern hemisphere, in a time of 3 days, 19 hours, 8 minutes. He flew a Lockheed 14-N Super Electra "New York World's Fair 1939".
	1946 Jul, 07	Survives crash in his XF-11 twin-engined reconnaissance aircraft during test flight.
	1947 Feb, 02	Pilots the first and only flight of his H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose", the largest airplane of its time, in Long Beach, CA.