He first became prominent as a film producer, and then as an important figure in the aviation industry. He was best known during his lifetime as one of the most influential and richest people in the world. Was an American aerospace engineer, businessman, filmmaker, investor, philanthropist, and pilot. Hughes H-1 Racer, Transcontinental airspeed record from Los Angeles to Newark NJ (1937), round the world airspeed record (1938)
