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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

On Nov. 2, 1948, in one of the most unexpected results in U.S. presidential election history, Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman defeated the heavily favored Republican governor of New York, Thomas ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Nearly a decade after it was disassembled, the world’s largest wooden airplane has gotten its wings back. The Spruce Goose--designed by billionaire eccentric Howard Hughes--will be ...

1947: The Spruce Goose, with Hollywood producer-aviator-tycoon Howard Hughes at the controls, makes its first – and only – flight, skimming the waters of Long Beach Harbor in California for roughly ...

The Los Angeles home of Howard Hughes’ 200-ton Hercules H-4 plane, better known as the Spruce Goose, was recently sold to Japanese investors. Ratkovich Co and Penwood Real Estate Investment Management ...

The legendary wooden seaplane arrived in pieces in Oregon in 1993. The aircraft was restored and reassembled as the centerpiece of a new museum in McMinnville. Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum held ...