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 aircraft made only one brief flight ...

2023年10月11日 · This is the H-4 Hercules, a ginormous flying boat built from wood that stands as one of the largest aircraft ever built. With wings wider than a football field, it was powered by eight massive engines and could carry two Sherman tanks. It was built by Howard Hughes, an eccentric billionaire who loved women, making movies, and flying aircraft.

Originally designated HK-1 for the first aircraft built by Hughes-Kaiser, the giant was re-designated the H-4 Hercules when Henry Kaiser withdrew from the project in 1944 due to mounting frustration in construction delays.

2022年11月2日 · Howard Hughes called it the H-4 Hercules—a fitting name for the largest and most powerful airplane of its time. The press, however, dubbed his prized creation the “Spruce Goose”—a name Hughes despised.

2023年11月4日 · The H-4 Hercules was an absolute behemoth of a unit. It was a 400,000-pound (181,436-kilogram) flying boat and was the largest one ever built with the widest wingspan. At the end of the 1930s, Hughes used his holdings to buy a controlling stake in what would become Trans World Airlines ( TWA ).

2023年6月9日 · The Hughes H-4 Hercules was a World War II-era flying boat that only flew once... for 26 seconds. It's no wonder only one was produced.

2023年7月6日 · The Hughes H-4 Hercules is a monumental achievement of aeronautical engineering. Designed during WWII to ferry troops and even tanks across the Atlantic, out of reach from German U-boats , the construction of the enormous flying boat was a passion project for Howard Hughes.

The Hughes H-4 Hercules, often nicknamed the “Spruce Goose,” holds a unique place in aviation history. This massive flying boat was designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft Company during World War II.

The Hughes H-4 Hercules was developed and built by the Hughes Aircraft Company as a prototype strategic airlift flying boat. It was planned to be a transatlantic flight transport to be used in the course of the Second World War, however, it …

2020年2月28日 · The largest wooden airplane ever constructed, and flown only one time, the H-4 Hercules (nicknamed Spruce Goose) represents one of humanity's greatest attempts to conquer the skies.