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Hughes Aircraft Company

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Hughes Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace and defense contractor founded on February 14, 1934 by Howard Hughes in Glendale, California, as a division of Hughes Tool Company. The company produced the Hughes H-4 Hercules aircraft, the atmospheric entry probe carried by the Galileo spacecraft, and the AIM-4 Falcon guided missile.

Founded
1932
Country
United States
Headquarters
Los Angeles
Parent
Raytheon

Company facts via Wikidata (CC0)/Wikipedia.

Aircraft types

H-1
H-1
1935 racing aircraft by Howard Hughes
First flight 1935
Hughes OH-6A Cayuse
observation helicopter model by Hughes
Hughes OH-6B Cayuse
observation helicopter model by Hughes
Hughes XF-11
Hughes XF-11
airplane
First flight 1946
Hughes XH-17
Hughes XH-17
American twin-engine heavy lift helicopter prototype
First flight 1952