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 ...

This weekend, you can watch a performance of a piece by the composer Philip Glass while sitting under the tail of Oregon’s iconic Spruce Goose airplane. The piece is called “1000 Airplanes on the Roof ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On November 2, 1947, Howard Hughes built and piloted the world's largest airplane, the 200-ton flying boat Spruce Goose, on its ...

The Spruce Goose – the Hughes H-4 Hercules, the Hughes Flying Boat – is the most famous military aircraft never used. Conceived during World War II by dashing entrepreneur Howard Hughes, it was the ...

MCMINNVILLE, Ore. — At 320 feet, from wingtip to wingtip, the Spruce Goose would fill up an entire football field between the end zones. It was the largest sea plane ever built, a record that stood ...

“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 ...

McMINNVILLE, Ore.--I'm sitting in the pilot's seat of the "Spruce Goose," Howard Hughes' famous World War II-era wood behemoth of an airplane, and it's much to the chagrin of the tourists one level ...

``Dream to Fly: Howard Hughes and the Flying Boat'' chronicles the history of the famous Spruce Goose and explores the truths and myths surrounding the remarkable aircraft and it's creator, Howard ...

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 ...

Microsoft is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the venerable Flight Simulator series today with the launch of the aptly named Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary update. As the company had ...

A piece of music by the composer Philip Glass will soon be performed under the tail of Oregon’s iconic Spruce Goose airplane. The piece, “1,000 Airplanes on the Roof,” has rarely been performed in ...

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 ...