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Hughes H4 Hercules first flight 1947 / Novmber 2 - This day in History
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Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" Takes Its Historic Flight - November 2, 1947
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Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" Takes Its Historic Flight - November 2, 1947
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Today marks 77 years since the Hughes H-4 Hercules, better known as the “Spruce Goose,” took its first and only flight in 1947! The world’s largest flying boat was built primarily with birch wood due to weight concerns and wartime aluminum restrictions. Visit the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museumin McMinnville, Oregon, to experience this historic aircraft in person! #Aviation #Avgeek #FirstFlight #AviationHistory | EAA - The Spirit of Aviation
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Today marks 77 years since the Hughes H-4 Hercules, better known as the “Spruce Goose,” took its first and only flight in 1947! The world’s largest flying boat was built primarily with birch wood due to weight concerns and wartime aluminum restrictions. Visit the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museumin McMinnville, Oregon, to experience this historic aircraft in person! #Aviation #Avgeek #FirstFlight #AviationHistory | EAA - The Spirit of Aviation
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Fact Slap 👋 Today in 1947, the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built at the time and designed by Howard Hughes makes its maiden and only flight. The Hercules lifted off, remaining airborne for 26 seconds at 70 ft (21 m) off the water at a speed of 135 miles per hour (217 km/h) for about one mile (1.6 km). It’s now on display at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, Oregon. Video: H-4 taxies before taking off, animated by AI, original
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First and only flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" on November 2nd 1947
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WWII Aviation Pictures & Info on Instagram: "The only known motion picture footage of the sole flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules. On 2 November 1947, Howard Hughes lifted the world’s largest aircraft off the waters of Long Beach Harbor. Built almost entirely of laminated birch due to wartime aluminum restrictions, the H-4 was conceived as a transatlantic heavy transport capable of moving troops and equipment beyond the reach of German U-boats. Its dimensions were staggering. A wingspan of 320 fe
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#OTD in 1947, the behemoth Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" flying boat made its one and only flight. One of the chase boats was a surplus WWII motor torpedo boat that Hughes later sold to Universal Studios where it was used as PT-73 in the opening credits of McHALES’S NAVY. | U.S. Naval Institute
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