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 ...

The Spruce Goose was formerly the largest aircraft by wingspan, but it only flew once, and only in ground effect. The Stratolaunch is in another category entirely. This is an aircraft that ...

While visiting the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville ... The Hughes H4 Hercules is probably better known as the “Spruce Goose” despite it mostly being made out of birch.

Six times larger than any aircraft of its time, the Spruce Goose, also known as the Hughes Flying Boat, is made entirely of wood and flew just once, in Long Beach, California. “Hughes flies ...

Aircraft engines are built to last while ... The eight-engine Hughes H4 Hercules “Spruce Goose” may have been the largest plane ever conceived. It made just one flight on Nov 2, 1947 but ...

Google combined its two LA offices into a historic airplane hangar last year, and the results are nothing short of stunning. The hangar, which once held the famed Spruce Goose plane, as it was ...

The Hughes Flying Boat—at one time the largest aircraft ever built—is piloted by designer Howard Hughes on its first and only flight. Built with laminated birch and spruce (hence the ...

OR 97128 - United States 503-434-4180 Website Facebook Twitter Smithsonian Affiliate Museum Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, home of the iconic Hughes Flying Boat Spruce Goose, strives to ...

1963: President of South Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup by the South Vietnamese Army. 1964: ...

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, ...

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 ...