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At the center of our museum stands the original Spruce Goose. Built entirely of wood due to wartime restrictions on metals, this massive airplane stands as a symbol of American industry during World War II. Learn more about the history, first flight, and legacy of this mammoth plane.
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The Spruce Goose, although it only flew once, is credited with greatly advancing aviation technology and contributing to the development of jumbo aircraft. Over thirty years would pass between the Spruce Goose’s one and only flight and its next major move.
22 lip 2024 · Better known as the Spruce Goose, the Hughes H-4 Hercules was the world's largest airplane when it was built by Howard Hughes in the 1940s. They referred to the wooden behemoth as the "flying lumberyard."
The plane was made entirely of birch and built by the Hughes Aircraft Company at Hughes Airport, location of present-day Playa Vista, Los Angeles, California. It made only one brief flight on November 2, 1947, in the Port of Long Beach.
In 1980, the H-4 was acquired by the Aero Club of Southern California, which later put the aircraft on display in a very large geodesic dome next to the Queen Mary ship exhibit in Long Beach, California. The large dome facility became known as the Spruce Goose Dome.
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum is the home of the iconic Hughes Flying Boat - The Spruce Goose. In addition to an SR-71, A-10, and more.
Hughes named the prototype plane “Hercules,” though due to a series of missteps and failures in its development, it became widely known as the “Spruce Goose,” a name by which Hughes himself was not amused.
