McMINNVILLE — The Hughes Flying Boat, aka the Spruce Goose, is arguably the most famous aircraft in the world despite flying just once. The flight logbook, in a display case inside the belly of ...

Spruce Goose To gain the needed expertise in designing and building such an aircraft, Kaiser went into partnership with Howard Hughes, who was already famous for his exploits in aviation ...

The last time I was inside the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon, was 20 years ago, when the facility was under construction. At the time, the Spruce Goose was across the ...

He stuck with it, even as Kaiser lost interest and dropped out. Critics called the airplane the “Spruce Goose” or “Flying Lumberyard.” The only piece of good news was that the U.S. Army ...

In the '90s, the H-4 made one last trip to its permanent home not far from Portland, Oregon, to the excellent Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum. The Spruce Goose is a marvel even now ...

This installment of Randy's Warbird Profiles takes a look at the legendary Hughes H-4 Hercules - better known as the “Spruce Goose” - on the 77th anniversary of the giant airplane’s first ...

While visiting the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville ... The Hughes H4 Hercules is probably better known as the “Spruce Goose” despite it mostly being made out of birch.

(KOIN) — The Spruce Goose took flight for the first and only time 75 years ago. Now, the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville is celebrating with special events in commemoration of ...

"The Spruce Goose is one of one. It is a prototype in nature and is the only aircraft of its kind," Weinert said. For years Hughes paid a hefty bill, upwards of a million dollars a year ...

Japanese investors have bought the landmark hangar in Playa Vista, now leased by Google, where mogul Howard Hughes built his Spruce Goose aircraft in the 1940s. Los Angeles developer Ratkovich Co ...

The whole ordeal lasted roughly 30 seconds, cost about $25 million, and the Spruce Goose never flew again. “What killed that airplane? It’s 95% wood,” says Evergreen Museum tour guide ...

Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum held its grand opening on June 6, 2001. McMINNVILLE — The Hughes Flying Boat, aka the Spruce Goose, is arguably the most famous aircraft in the world despite ...