Howard Hughes: Aviator

George J Marrett

Mai 2016 · Naval Institute Press

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George J. Marrett, a former test pilot for aviator Howard Hughes, separates fact from fiction to tell the inside story of the genius who set flight speed records in the 1930s and went on to develop some of America’s most famous aircraft and weapons. The author draws on his wealth of experiences and those of other Hughes confidants to take readers inside Hughes’s complex and clandestine world. Marrett integrates stories of Hughes the ace pilot with Hughes the designer and businessman who became America’s first billionaire.

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George J. Marrett was an experimental test pilot for Hughes Aircraft Company from 1969 to 1989. He served in the U.S. Air Force and flew the F-86L SabreJet at Moody AFB, Georgia, the F-101B Voodoo at Hamilton AFB, California, and attended the Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards AFB, California. He flew the Douglas A-1 Skyraider as a Sandy rescue pilot in the 602nd Fighter Squadron (Commando) in Thailand, completing 188 combat missions in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Marrett is a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and lives with his wife, Jan, in California.