The largest seaplane, the largest wooden aircraft, and the largest propeller plane ever built, flew only once, in 1947.
On Nov. 2, 1947, Howard Hughes built and piloted the world's largest airplane, the 200-ton flying boat Spruce Goose, on its ...
I think I may have submechanophobia. The very thought of being submerged underwater in a solid metal casket loaded with explosive torpedoes chills me to the core. And yet, for Adolf Hitler, ...
The Hughes H4 Hercules is probably better known as the “Spruce Goose” despite it mostly being made out of birch. The Hughes H4 Hercules was the brain child of Howard Hughes, and eccentric but ...
While visiting the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, OR, USA over the weekend, I came across a hack. In addition to the excellent displays on site and an area where one can watch a ...
Edward Minskoff has taken a trim on a 500,000-square foot office campus in Playa Vista.
On Nov. 2, 1947, Howard Hughes piloted his Hughes H-4 Hercules, nicknamed the “Spruce Goose,” on its one and only flight; a massive wooden seaplane with a wingspan longer than a football field ...
13.5 x 10.5 in. (34.3 x 26.7 cm.) ...
On Nov. 2, 1948, in one of the most unexpected results in U.S. election history, Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman won the ...
The hangar, which once held the famed Spruce Goose plane, as it was derisively called, has been out of use for years. The Spruce Goose was the largest wooden plane ever built, due to wartime ...
Stephen Jones will give banks and fintechs one more shot at getting the digital policy reform right -- a lifeline until after ...
Harding's win over James Cox. In 1947, Howard Hughes built and piloted the world's largest airplane, the 200-ton flying boat Spruce Goose, on its only flight, at Long Beach, Calif. The Goose remained ...