The Hughes H-4 Hercules (a.k.a. the 'Spruce Goose') strategic airlift flying boat, the world's largest all-wood seaplane, nearing completion at Culver City, California, 16th July 1945. It has a wing-spread of 320 feet (20 feet longer than a football field), and is 13 feet thick at the hull. A Boeing B-29 Superfortress could be placed beneath each wing and still leave space for the hull with a few feet to spare. | Historical Diaries
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The Hughes H-4 Hercules (a.k.a. the 'Spruce Goose') strategic airlift flying boat, the world's largest all-wood seaplane, nearing completion at Culver City, California, 16th July 1945. It has a wing-spread of 320 feet (20 feet longer than a football field), and is 13 feet thick at the hull. A Boeing B-29 Superfortress could be placed beneath each wing and still leave space for the hull with a few feet to spare. | Historical Diaries
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This week in 1947, aviation history was made when Howard Hughes piloted the Hughes H-4 Hercules, affectionately known as the "Spruce Goose," on its first and only flight. Despite its name, the aircraft was constructed primarily of wood due to wartime material shortages. The massive flying boat, designed to transport troops and supplies across the Atlantic during World War II, flew just over half a mile at an altitude of 70 feet over Long Beach Harbor. Though it never flew again, the Spruce Goose
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This week in 1947, aviation history was made when Howard Hughes piloted the Hughes H-4 Hercules, affectionately known as the "Spruce Goose," on its first and only flight. Despite its name, the aircraft was constructed primarily of wood due to wartime material shortages. The massive flying boat, designed to transport troops and supplies across the Atlantic during World War II, flew just over half a mile at an altitude of 70 feet over Long Beach Harbor. Though it never flew again, the Spruce Goose
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Fact Slap 👋 Today in 1947, the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built at the time and designed by Howard Hughes makes its maiden and only flight. The Hercules lifted off, remaining airborne for 26 seconds at 70 ft (21 m) off the water at a speed of 135 miles per hour (217 km/h) for about one mile (1.6 km). It’s now on display at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, Oregon. Video: H-4 taxies before taking off, animated by AI, original
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The Spruce Goose, officially the Hughes H-4 Hercules, is the largest wooden airplane ever built, designed by Howard Hughes during World War II to transport troops across the Atlantic. Despite its birch wood construction, it was nicknamed the “Spruce Goose.” With a wingspan of 320 feet, it holds the record for the longest wingspan in history. The plane flew only once, in 1947, for 26 seconds. It never went into production due to the end of the war. At the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMi
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