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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.
The Hughes Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace and defense contractor founded on February 14, 1934 by Howard Hughes in Glendale, California, as a division of Hughes Tool Company. [1] The company produced the Hughes H-4 Hercules aircraft, the atmospheric entry probe carried by the Galileo spacecraft, and the AIM-4 Falcon guided ...
The military services opposed the project, thinking it would siphon resources from higher-priority programs, but Hughes' powerful allies in Washington, D.C. advocated it. After disputes, Kaiser withdrew from the project and Hughes elected to continue it as the H-4 Hercules. However, the aircraft was not completed until after World War II. [72] [73]
The Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum is an independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit, aviation museum in McMinnville, Oregon.Its exhibits include the Hughes H-4 Hercules (Spruce Goose) and more than fifty military and civilian aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), and spacecraft.
Pages in category "Hughes aircraft" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. ... Hughes H-4 Hercules; Hughes XH-17; Hughes H-1 Racer; Hughes OH-6 ...
Hughes H-1 Racer, H-4 Hercules Hughes D-2 Glenn Odekirk ( Waseca, Minnesota May 9, 1905 – Las Vegas, Nevada January 12, 1987) was an American aerospace engineer who made significant contributions to the work of Hughes Aircraft .
Heaviest until the B-52, longest and widest until the Hughes H-4: Hughes H-4 Hercules (Spruce Goose) 2 Nov 1947: Flying boat: 1: 72.94 yards (66.70 meters) 106.95 yards (97.80 meters) 177.15 tons: Longest until the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy and widest until the Stratolaunch Convair XC-99: 23 Nov 1947: Transport: 1: 60.80 yards (55.60 meters) 76.66 ...
The Hughes H-4 Hercules, in development in the U.S. during the war, was even larger than the BV 238 but it did not fly until 1947. The Spruce Goose, as the 180-ton H-4 was nicknamed, was the largest flying boat ever to fly. Carried out during Senate hearings into Hughes' use of government funds on its construction, the short hop of about a mile ...