Howard Hughes The Spruce Goose. Howard Hughes Spruce Goose by Bettmann Henry Kaiser conceived the idea of a massive flying transport and turned to Howard Hughes to design and build it. To remedy this problem, Kaiser proposed a fleet of giant flying boats to carry manpower and supplies over the Atlantic without fear of destruction.
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The businessman dabbled in everything from film making to flying. The Spruce Goose was first conceived during World War II, when German submarines were sinking hundreds of Allied ships, and there was a growing need to move troops and materials across the Atlantic Ocean
Nov 02 Today, Howard Hughes flies the "Spruce Goose," a massive wooden airplane, for the first
He personally tested cutting-edge aircraft of his own design and in 1937 broke the. He personally tested cutting-edge aircraft of his own design and in 1937 broke the. Dear Cecil: Howard Hughes's H-4 (the "Spruce Goose") flew only one time, in 1947
Howard Hughes and the Spruce Goose The Story of the HK1 Hercules Simons, Graham M. Somewhere it was written that Hughes detected a vibration or pulsating in the aircraft frame or in the control wheel right after he lifted off and decided to set the H-4 back down rather than take a big risk that it would be uncontrollable if he gained more altitude. On November 2, 1947, eccentric airplane designer Howard Hughes performed the maiden and only flight of his Spruce Goose (also known as the H-4 The Hercules), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built
Howard Hughes 's plane, the spruce goose, in a hanger at the Evergreen Avaition and Spce Museum. The Spruce Goose was first conceived during World War II, when German submarines were sinking hundreds of Allied ships, and there was a growing need to move troops and materials across the Atlantic Ocean The Hughes H-4 Hercules (commonly known as the Spruce Goose; registration NX37602) is a prototype strategic airlift flying boat designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft Company.Intended as a transatlantic flight transport for use during World War II, it was not completed in time to be used in the war.The aircraft made only one brief flight, on November 2, 1947, and the project never advanced.