On Nov. 2, 1947, the largest aircraft ever built flew for about a minute for a mile over Long Beach Harbor in California. The Hughes H-4 Hercules, also called the Spruce Goose, was a wooden flying ...

McMINNVILLE, Ore. — It was only airborne for one minute, skimming just 70 feet above the water on a fall day in 1947 before billionaire Howard Hughes landed the world’s largest plane forever. The ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Spruce Goose flew November 2, 1947 — 70 years ago — the only time the largest airplane ever built took flight. Officially the Hughes H-4 Hercules, the Spruce Goose now ...

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 the ...

“Spruce Goose,” the 200-ton, eight-story-tall flying boat belonging to millionaire Howard Hughes, is shown during the one time it ever flew, Nov. 2, 1947. It is seen traveling 33 feet above the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose, a gigantic historic wooden airplane whose fate was mired in a financial dispute, will permanently stay in Oregon. California attorney Robert E. Lyon, who ...

PORTLAND, Ore. – Legendary mogul Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose, a gigantic historic wooden airplane whose fate was mired in a financial dispute, will permanently stay in Oregon. The Evergreen Aviation ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Legendary mogul Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose, a gigantic historic wooden airplane whose fate was mired in a financial dispute, will permanently stay in Oregon. The Evergreen ...

Nov. 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1889, North and South Dakota became the 39th and 40th states of the union. In 1920, in the first significant news broadcast, KDKA in Pittsburgh reported the ...

Howard Hughes’ legendary Spruce Goose, a gigantic wooden airplane whose fate was uncertain amid a financial dispute, will remain permanently in Oregon. The Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum has ...

Rochester Lourdes tennis player Lauren Patterson was the runner-up in the singles division of the Class A state championship. This year the Post-Bulletin cruise will be a 13-day trip to Alaska, ...

Nov. 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1889, North and South Dakota became the 39th and 40th states of the union. In 1920, in the first significant news broadcast, KDKA in Pittsburgh reported the ...