The largest flying boat airplane ever built, nicknamed the "Spruce Goose," made its one and only flight in 1947 and is now on display at the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon, USA. Howard Hughes and his California-based aircraft company designed, built and flew the all-wood seaplane that weighed 180 tons (163293 kilograms). Officially named the Hughes H-4 Hercules, it was developed for service in World War II but that conflict was over before the plane's test flight that climbed only 70 feet (21 meters), covered about one mile ( kilometers), and lasted one minute.
The largest flying boat airplane ever built, nicknamed the "Spruce Goose," made its one and only flight in 1947 and is now on display at the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon, USA. Howard Hughes and his California-based aircraft company designed, built and flew the all-wood seaplane that weighed 180 tons (163293 kilograms). Officially named the Hughes H-4 Hercules, it was developed for service in World War II but that conflict was over before the plane's test flight that climbed only 70 feet (21 meters) above the water, covered about one mile ( kilometers), and lasted one minute. The enormous aircraft was then put into storage for 33 years prior to going on public display in Long Beach, California, and then finding its new home in Oregon in 2001.
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Location: Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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