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Howard Hughes: The Aviator - Learning Aviation

Time: 1930s

Place: Rogers Airport in Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Details: At Rogers Airport in Los Angeles, he learned to fly from pioneer aviators, including Moye Stephens and J.B. Alexander. He set many world records and commissioned the construction of custom aircraft for himself while heading Hughes Aircraft at the airport in Glendale, CA. Operating from there, the most technologically important aircraft he commissioned was the Hughes H-1 Racer.

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