gonna have this bickering.
- Yes. Somewhere between two and 500...
...if you'll let me get started.
- lf you believe your wealth and power...
...can intimidate any member
of this committee, you're mistaken.
- Now submit your questions.
- I'll put this very simply.
On February 12th,
at the Mayflower Hotel...
...did you or did you not tell me
that if I were to sell TWA to Pan Am...
...that this entire investigation
would be called off?
I did not. And I have asked you
to submit your questions in writing.
- How long have you known Juan Trippe?
- I've known him for some time now.
- And that's not the question.
- Is it not true that Juan donated $20,000...
...to your last campaign? I mean,
he spoke to me as if you worked for him.
I have a personal friendship with...
Is it true you accept free Pan Am tickets
to circle the globe...
...in support of your C.A.B. bill?
- No, it is not true.
Well, who wrote that bill, senator?
Who actually wrote the C.A.B. bill?
- The actual words. Did you write them?
- This is not how these hearings...
...are gonna be conducted.
- I have it. Maybe it'll refresh your memory.
"Bill S-987 to amend
the Civil Aeronautics Act."
Now, you introduced this bill
to the Senate.
A lot of words.
You write all of them?
- Did you write any of them, senator?
- Now, look...
Now, this entire bill was written
by Pan Am executives...
...and designed to give that airline
a monopoly on international travel.
You've been flogging this bill all around
the world on their behalf, have you not?
I have duties that take me
all over the world, Mr. Hughes.
Well, what the hell does a senator
from Maine need to visit Peru for?
I was seeking outlets for our trade goods.
Buy a lot of lobsters down there, do they?
Senator, how many times have you visited
Trippe's office in New York...
...in the last three months?
Would you like me to tell you, senator?
All right, this has gone on long enough.
Juan is a great American.
His airline has advanced the cause
of commercial aviation for decades.
Juan Trippe is a patriot. Juan Trippe is not
a man who is interested in making money.
Well, I'm sure his stockholders
would be happy to hear that.
We're gonna clear this room.
This is James McNamara speaking to you
from the Hughes 2000-ton flying boat...
... the world's largest aircraft.
This is the sky giant...
... which has prompted Congress to
investigate the war contracts of Mr. Hughes.
Before boarding the craft,
Mr. Hughes told newsmen that this test...
... would be solely a taxi experiment.
He said he didn't know what might happen.
The mammoth flying plywood shell...
... might ship water under high-speed
taxi pressure. He will not take...
... the craft into the air until next spring.
The thin man from Culver City...
... pronounced the craft an unknown quantity.
He has an idea what it can do...
None of that, now. None of that.
We are about 5 feet
in back of Mr. Hughes.
We are looking through
one of the side windows in the cockpit.
Professor, why don't you
come on up front here.
In other words, we are 30 feet high
in this aircraft.
Strap yourself in right there.
You ought to be able to see just great.
Huge crowds jam the surrounding
shoreline this morning.
All right, boys, let's fire it up.
One's good.
Two's good.
Three's good.
Four's good.
Five's good.
Six is good.
Seven's good.
Eight's good.
- Advancing master throttles.
- Advancing master throttles.
As you probably know,
I have to do a great deal...
... of screaming into our microphone.
- Understood. Lower it 15 degrees of flaps.
- Lowering 15 degrees of flaps.
Howard, she's gotta hit 70
to have any kind of chance.
Yeah, I know. I know.
It's a beautiful day here off the coast
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