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 ...
The H-4 Hercules, or "Spruce Goose," was conceived during WWII as a colossal wooden flying boat by Howard Hughes and Henry Kaiser to transport supplies across the ocean, avoiding German U-boats. The ...
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.
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On This Day, Nov. 2: Spruce Goose makes lone flight
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 ...
It was November 2, 1947, and five years after the project to create the world's largest airplane began, the Hughes H-4, known to almost everyone else as the 'Spruce Goose,' lept off the surface of the ...
Rochester Lourdes tennis player Lauren Patterson was the runner-up in the singles division of the Class A state championship. This year the Post-Bulletin cruise will be a 13-day trip to Alaska, ...
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 ...
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