Hughes H4 Hercules “Spruce Goose”

The “Spruce Goose” is a very heavy flying boat designed and built by the “Aviator” Howard Hughes. It’s the largest aircraft ever built but unfortunately just a prototype. The construction of the plane was featured in the film “The Aviator” (2004) At the moment the plane’s home is the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville, Oregon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ93ntOYsd0

www.sprucegoose.org

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