Tag: howard hughes
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billionaire plans mega plane for space tourism
stratolaunch plane could make space tourism affordable* from the register: Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul G Allen has set foot down a path trailblazed generations ago by another eccentric business kingpin: he intends to build the biggest aircraft ever flown. However unlike Howard Hughes’ monster “Spruce Goose” 1940s flying boat, Allen’s plan appears at least feasible…
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‘the hoax’
from you tube: Inspired by true events in the life of Clifford Irving, the writer who nearly pulled off one of the most audacious media scams in history, when his “autobiography” of Howard Hughes was published. Richard Gere stars as Irving, who claimed the book was based on in-person interviews with the reclusive billionaire, which…