McMINNVILLE — The Hughes Flying Boat, aka the Spruce Goose, is arguably the most famous aircraft in the world despite flying just once. The flight logbook, in a display case inside the belly of the ...
The Spruce Goose – the Hughes H-4 Hercules, the Hughes Flying Boat – is the most famous military aircraft never used. Conceived during World War II by dashing entrepreneur Howard Hughes, it was the ...
This weekend, you can watch a performance of a piece by the composer Philip Glass while sitting under the tail of Oregon’s iconic Spruce Goose airplane. The piece is called “1000 Airplanes on the Roof ...
McMINNVILLE, Ore. — It was only airborne for one minute, skimming just 70 feet above the water on a fall day in 1947 before billionaire Howard Hughes landed the world’s largest plane forever. The ...
The Spruce Goose, the first aircraft with a wingspan in excess of 300 feet, was also the largest flying boat ever built. Designed and constructed by the Hughes Aircraft Company, it made its one and ...
On Nov. 2, 1947, the largest aircraft ever built flew for about a minute for a mile over Long Beach Harbor in California. The Hughes H-4 Hercules, also called the Spruce Goose, was a wooden flying ...
Google on Thursday offered a glimpse into its new Playa Vista office inside the historic Spruce Goose hangar, transforming the cavernous space into a work space fit for Silicon Beach. The more than ...
The Spruce Goose, the first aircraft with a wingspan in excess of 300 feet, was also the largest flying boat ever built. Designed and constructed by the Hughes Aircraft Company, it made its one and ...