The Hercules' was a monumental undertaking. It is the largest aircraft ever built... I put the sweat of my life into this thing.

He played frequently with top players including Gene Sarazen. While he had previously been relatively obscure despite his wealth being better known for dating Katharine Hepburn New York City now gave Hughes a ticker-tape parade in the Canyon of Heroes. Richard Fleischer who directed His Kind of Woman with Hughes as executive producer wrote at length in his autobiography about the difficulty of dealing with the tycoon.

His legacy is maintained through the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Howard Robard Hughes Jr.