The famous eccentric Howard Hughes' Flying Boat the Spruce
Goose was the largest airplane ever built. It was almost
six times larger than any aircraft of its time. And to
this day it remains one of the worlds largest aircraft.
The H-4 Spruce Goose was 218 feet long, and had a wingspan
of 319 feet (98m). It was designed as a long distance
cargo aircraft to provide an alternative heavy transport
to ships which were suffering heavy losses in the Atlantic
during World War Two. It was finished in 1947 after the
war ended and made just one historic flight and was never
flown again.
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