Howard Hughes: I-Aviator, i-Innovator, i-Billionaire

Ukuhlola ubomi obumnandi bukaHoward Hughes.

UWoward Hughes wayekade ekhulunywe kakhulu-malunga nomrhwebi kwihlabathi. Wayeyimbali yeendlela zakhe zobungqina benkalipho, iimpumelelo zakhe zeentambo, kunye nobomi bakhe bendalo. I-movie eyaziwayo i -Aviator iye yabangela umdla omtsha kulo mrhwebi othakazelisayo.

Silver Spoon:

Uzalwe kwintsapho ecebileyo e-Humble, eTexas 1905, uHoward wayengowona uthanda ukuya esikolweni sabucala eBoston.

Xa wayeneminyaka elilishumi elinesixhenxe, waphuma, kodwa ngenxa yomnikelo wakhe nguCal Tech, uHoward wakwazi ukuhlala kwiiklasi zasekholeji. Kamva, uHoward wabuyela e-Texas waya kwiYunivesithi yaseRic. Kungekudala emva kokuzalwa kuka-Howard kayise kaHoward waza uHoward waphuma kwiRis emva kokufumana inzuzo yezindlu ezininzi, kuquka ne-Hughes Tool Company.

Uhambo:

I-Hughes yayingekho nje i-billionaire ehamba phambili, kodwa i-aviator eyenziwa ngokwenene. Wawunqoba i-All-American Air Air e-Miami ngo-1934 nge-speed speed ye-352 mph kwisiza sezempi sokulinga "H-1". U-Hughes naye wahlola ngehlabathi ngo-1938 kunye nabasebenzi abancinci, waza wawaphula i-Lindbergh yaseNew York kwiRekhodi yaseParis ngesigqitha ngeentsuku ezi-3, iiyure ezingama-19 kunye nemizuzu eyi-17.

Innovation:

Ngo-1932 i-Hughes yakha i-Hughes Aircraft, eyavelisa izixhobo ezininzi kwi-aerospace technology. U-Howard wanikezwa i-Congressional Gold Medal ngo-1939 ukuze aphumelele ekuqhubekisweni kwezesayensi kwi-aircraft.

Enye yezinto zakhe ezinzulu zaziyi-H-4 Hercules, isiza sezindiza zomkhosi. Ngelishwa, indiza yahamba ngeyure enye ngekhilomitha ngaphaya kwamanzi kodwa yayingazange ifakwe ngokupheleleyo. UWoward wayegculelwa ngokubanzi kwaye indiza yayibizwa ngegama elithi "The Goce Spruce".

Umsebenzi weFilimu:

Emva kokufa kukayise, uHoward wachitha ixesha elininzi kunye nomalume uRupert, umbhali kaSamuel Goldwyn's Studios, okwamkhokelela ekwenzeni umsebenzi wesibini njengomlawuli, umbhali kunye nomvelisi we-movie.

Ifilimu yakhe yokuqala, iiNgelosi zeSihogo , zidibanisa uthando lwakhe lwefilimu kunye nokuhamba. Nangona i-movie yayininzi enkulu, ukuveliswa kweeflethi zayo zeenqwelo-moya ezilahlekileyo zalahleka iHoward eyi-1.5 million yezigidi (kunye neenqwelo-moya ezininzi). Kamva waqhubeka nokuvelisa uSharface (1932) kunye ne -Outlaw (1943).

I-Trans World Airlines (TWA):

Ubutyebi nobutyebi beHughes banjengomongameli we-TWA uJack Frye, owayenzima ukufumana iindiza ezintsha zokuhlala ukhuphiswano. Impembelelo kaFrye yabangela uHughes ukuba athenge ubuninzi bumnini, okubangela ukuguquka okukhulu kwenkampani. U-Hughes ngokwakhe waqondisa i-Lockheed, kuquka enye yeenqwelo eziguquguqukayo, iConstellation (aka "Connie") yeTWA. Le moya yayikuthanda ukubonakala kwayo kwaye ibhalwe ngokukhawuleza kwaye incedisa iTwa ukuba iphinde ikhuphisane kwakhona.

Uxakekile:

UWoward Hughes wayenezandla kakhulu kwiifilimu kunye nazo zonke iinkcukacha zokutsha. U-Hughes wagijima zonke iindiza ezamnceda ukuyila kuquka i-XF-11, indiza yokuhlola i-US Army. Inqwelo-moya yayingabangela ukuba uHughes bakhe ubomi xa ephazamisekile yafika kwindawo yaseBeverly Hills, ekhungula izindlu ezintathu ize iqhutywe. UHughes naye wahlola iinqwelo kwiiNgelosi zeGehena .

Ukuziphatha kwakhe okunyanzelekileyo nokulawulayo kuyinxalenye yento eyenza ibe ngumntu oshishino onamandla kwaye onamandla.

Abafazi baseHoward Hughes:

UWoward wayeyaziwa ngokuba yi-"World's Greatest Womanizer". Watshata umfana ku-Ella Ice ngo-1925, waqhawula ngo-1929. Wayesoloko enoKatherine Hepburn kuma-1930. Abanye abesifazana abakwaHoward abaye baba ngabadlali beJean Harlow (ukugqitywa kwabo kusebenze kwiiNgelosi zeGehena ), uBette Davis, Ava Gardner kunye noTerry Moore. UWoward waziwa ngokuba uthatha abadlali abancinci kwaye awancenga ngobusuku bobusuku kunye nemiba emfutshane.

Ubomi Bangebodwa:

Njengomfana osemncinci, unina kaHoward wayekhathazekile ngokupheleleyo ngempilo yakhe. Ukulandela ukugula okwethutyana okwakha okwethutyana, wakha ukwesaba okukhulu kweentsholongwane. U-Howard mhlawumbi wayevalelwa yi-Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, i-Bipolar Disorder, kunye ne-paranoid schizophrenia ngenxa yokulimala kweengqondo eziphazamisayo.

Ukugula kwakhe kwanda ngakumbi kwiminyaka, kwaye uHughes wazifihla ehlabathini. Xa wafa ngo-1976, ukubonakala kwakhe kwakushintshe ngokugqithiseleyo kwafuneka ukuba athathe amacwecwe ukufumanisa umzimba wakhe.

Estate Howard Hughes ':

I-Hughes yashiya ifa elimalunga nama-dollar ayi-2 yezigidigidi, kwaye akukho mfuno efanelekileyo. Abangaphezu kwamakhulu mane abafuna iindlalifa bazama ukuyidla ilifa lakhe, kodwa ekugqibeleni, kwasasazeka phakathi kwabazala baka-22 ngo-1983, iminyaka eyisixhenxe emva kokufa kwakhe. Kamva, uTerry Moore wathi abo babini babeshadile ngasese yaye abazange baqhawule. Wahlawulwa ekuhlaleni. INkundla ePhakamileyo yase-United States igweba ukuba iHughes Aircraft yayingumnini we-Howard Hughes Medical Institute, eyayithengisa kuGeneral Motors ngo-1985 i-$ 5 billion.