#59 Howard Hughes: The Definitive Biography of the First American Billionaire
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Howard Hughes' Hercules
Howard Hughes created a flexible ammunition line for fighter planes whose guns came equipped with inadequately small boxes to hold bullets. Henry J. Kaser revolutionized the shipbuilding industry with an assembly line that was capable of building an entire military vessel in four and a half days. Upon learning that his ships were sitting targets for enemy submarines, he concocted a concept of a flying cargo ship that would be able to transport men and supplies across the Atlantic where no submarines could shoot them down. Had someone else suggested such a concept, it is doubtful that anyone would have listened. Coming from the mouth of Kaser, however, made it sound totally feasible.
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