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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.
El Hughes H-4 Hercules (conocido también como "Spruce Goose", en castellano, ganso de abeto) es un avión diseñado y construido por la compañía Hughes Aircraft de la cual era dueño Howard Hughes.
On Sunday, November 2, 1947, the Hughes Flying Boat had its first and only flight on Long Beach Harbor, California. While taxiing on the water, Howard Hughes surprised the gathered crowd of onlookers by suddenly lifting the aircraft off the sea during a taxiing test.
Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American aerospace engineer, business magnate, film producer, investor, philanthropist, and pilot. He was best known during his lifetime as one of the richest and most influential people in the world.
20 de sept. de 2022 · Footage of the famous flight of Howard Hughes's flying boat, the H4 Hercules! It flew for about a mile at an altitude of 70 feet over Long Beach Harbor. Hughes wanted to prove his airplane...
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24 de nov. de 2009 · The Spruce Goose—at one time the largest aircraft ever built—is piloted by designer Howard Hughes on its first and only flight.
20 de ene. de 2014 · More than 66 years after it first flew, Howard Hughes' gigantic, wooden H-4 Hercules -- nicknamed the Spruce Goose -- still has one of the widest wingspans of any airplane: 320 feet. It's...
