On Nov. 2, 1947, Howard Hughes piloted his Hughes H-4 Hercules, nicknamed the “Spruce Goose,” on its one and only flight; a ...

On November 2, 1947, Howard Hughes flew the H-4 Hercules-known as the "Spruce Goose"-for the first and only time. Built ...

On Nov. 2, 1947, Howard Hughes built and piloted the world's largest airplane, the 200-ton flying boat Spruce Goose, on its only flight, at Long Beach, Calif ...

On Nov. 2, 1948, in one of the most unexpected results in U.S. presidential election history, Democratic incumbent Harry S.

November 2, 2022, marks the 75th anniversary of the one and only flight of the Hughes Flying Boat, the so-called 'Spruce Goose.' [Courtesy: Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum Collections] The Hughes ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Spruce Goose flew November 2, 1947 — 70 years ago — the only time the largest airplane ever built took flight. Officially the Hughes H-4 Hercules, the Spruce Goose now ...

The H-4 Hercules, nicknamed the "Spruce Goose," was Howard Hughes' massive wooden flying boat, initially proposed by Henry Kaiser during WWII to transport war supplies and troops across oceans, ...

On Nov. 2, help celebrate the 60th anniversary of “the flight” — the one-minute flight of the legendary Spruce Goose “flying boat,” which skeptics said would never get airborne. To prove them wrong, ...

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 ...

The front page of the Deseret News on Nov. 3, 1947, reporting that Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" had had a short flight. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives.

Nov. 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1889, North and South Dakota became the 39th and 40th states of the union. In 1920, in the first significant news broadcast, KDKA in Pittsburgh reported the ...