Howard Hughes H-4 Hercules
Das grösstes, aus Holz gebaute Flugzeug (auch gleich noch ein Wasserflugzeug)
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_H-4
Die Hughes H-4 Hercules ist ein vom Unternehmen Hughes-Kaiser entwickeltes und von Hughes Aircraft Company gebautes Flugboot. Auf die Flügelspannweite bezogen war es das größte jemals geflogene Flugzeug, bis es am 13. April 2019 von der Scaled Composites Stratolaunch abgelöst wurde.
On November 2, 1947 Howard Hughes Flew the Massive plane known as the "Spruce Goose". This is a comparison of it and Martin Scorsese's recreation.
Howard Hughes and the Spruce Goose ~ circa 1985
From Finley Holiday’s film vault – circa 1985 – the World Premiere of our documentary on “Howard Hughes and the Spruce Goose,” produced when the Spruce Goose opened for public viewing in Long Beach, California in 1983. This film has only been seen by a lucky few who bought the VHS at the Spruce Goose gift shop in the 1980's.
How the Spruce Goose was Moved to Oregon
Transport ins Museum In the early 1990s, the legendary Spruce Goose embarked on an incredible logistical move to its new home in Oregon. The trip would become the longest and most complex journey in the plane's history.
The Spruce Goose and its journey to McMinnville, OR
The Spruce Goose and its journey from Long Beach, CA to its new home in McMinnville, OR at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum
H-4 Hercules (Spruce Goose)
Howard Hughes is contracted to build the world's largest plane by the US Government
Spruce Goose | Private Cockpit Tour
Das ganze Innenleben der Maschine -
While visiting the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville Oregon on September 23, 2018 we had the chance to have a private cockpit tour of the Spruce Goose and sit in the very seat that once Howard Hughes was sitting while piloting the Spruce Goose on the one and only flight in November 1947
Hughes H-4 Hercules ("Spruce Goose") during a test flight in United States
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