In the world of aviation, Howard Hughes is known for such films as Hell's Angels and Jet Pilot, the H-4 Hercules flying boat (better known by its derisive nickname, the "Spruce Goose"), helicopters ...

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 ...

After an unexpected turn of events, we found ourselves in the cockpit of Howard Hughes' world-famous Spruce Goose, the ...

The aeronautical vision of Howard Hughes continues to beguile us. Robert Bernier The H-1 Racer was developed to be the fastest landplane in the world, but it also had an impact on the design of ...

On Apr. 5, 1947, the second prototype of the Hughes XF-11 twin-boom aircraft made its first complete flight (takeoff and safe landing), piloted by Howard Hughes. Designed and built by Hughes Aircraft ...

Of all the defense plants spotted around the U.S., few have been more tightly cloaked in secrecy than the Hughes Aircraft Co.’s sprawling (74 acres) layouts at Los Angeles, Culver City, Calif., and ...