Howard Hughes and the World’s Fastest Land Plane

Famous film producer and entrepreneur, Howard Hughes, set his sights on building the world's fastest land plane. The result was the sleek Hughes H-1 Racer, which broke the world speed record in 1935, and later the US transcontinental speed record in 1937.

[@fernandogutierrez6160]

Much like most of Howard Hughe´s career, about everything he touched worked extremely well

[@O-cDxA]

Did he really fly with the canopy open like in the film The Aviator ?

[@Falkenroth1]

Iconic plane. Amazing still today. Not only did Howard Hughes help build it he was also the test pilot before he broke the record. You won't see a wealthy person do that today. Thanks for the upload. Not

[@alking4153]

Hughes set a world speed record and Germany bought the plane that's why at WW2 start Germany had such good air cooled planes Hughes had solve the overheating cockpit problem.

[@Machia52612]

Howard needs to pay Elon Musk a visit to show him how to get his Cybertruck doors to line-up.

[@inekemateman273]

What happened to the original Racer after it crashed? It did not looked like a total loss!

[@Falkenroth1]

He landed in a beet field with minor damage. Now the XF-11 is a different story. That plane was a total loss and almost killed Howard Hughes.

[@bonnerscott5374]

..thats not blood its beets?