{"id":130741,"date":"2026-05-18T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/?p=130741"},"modified":"2026-06-25T15:10:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:10:29","slug":"howard-hughes-billionaire-recluse-and-the-fastest-man-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/howard-hughes-billionaire-recluse-and-the-fastest-man-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Howard Hughes: Billionaire, Recluse, and the Fastest Man Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 13 September 1935, Howard Hughes climbed into the cockpit of a sleek silver racer of his own design and flew it at 352.39 mph across a measured course in Santa Ana, California \u2014 faster than any landplane in history had ever flown. He was 29 years old, had already inherited a fortune from a drill-bit company, and was spending it on the most obsessive aviation programme since the Wright Brothers. What drove Hughes into the sky was not money or fame. It was speed. 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