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The biggest wooden flying boat "Spruce Goose"
This unique aircraft, created in the middle of the last century, is still alive. Most interesting is that its prototype had seen many of you. Of course, provided that you've watched the movie "The Aviator" with Leonardo DiCaprio (Leonardo DiCaprio).
By the way, the creator of «Hughes H-4 Hercules», named Howard Hughes (Howard Hughes), who led his own firm «Hughes Aircraft», became the prototype for the main character of the painting "The Aviator". The total weight of this miracle of technology, built in 1947, is 136 tons. "Spruce Goose" - the informal name of a miracle and this miracle is still the largest in the history of the flying boat with a wingspan of 98 meters. It was envisaged that the aircraft is capable of transporting up to 750-year-soldiers in full amunitsii.Etot aircraft made only one flight of November 2, 1947, the year of his helm, and he was Howard Hughes (Howard Hughes). The plane managed to climb to a height of 21 meters and fly about two kilometers in the harbor of Los Angeles. Until 1976, the year Howard maintained his child in a state of operational readiness, spending an average of about one million dollars a year. In that year, the aviator is dead, and the plane is still alive and is in the museum «Evergreen International Aviation».
By the way, the plane is also featured in the computer game «LA Noire ».
By the way, the creator of «Hughes H-4 Hercules», named Howard Hughes (Howard Hughes), who led his own firm «Hughes Aircraft», became the prototype for the main character of the painting "The Aviator". The total weight of this miracle of technology, built in 1947, is 136 tons. "Spruce Goose" - the informal name of a miracle and this miracle is still the largest in the history of the flying boat with a wingspan of 98 meters. It was envisaged that the aircraft is capable of transporting up to 750-year-soldiers in full amunitsii.Etot aircraft made only one flight of November 2, 1947, the year of his helm, and he was Howard Hughes (Howard Hughes). The plane managed to climb to a height of 21 meters and fly about two kilometers in the harbor of Los Angeles. Until 1976, the year Howard maintained his child in a state of operational readiness, spending an average of about one million dollars a year. In that year, the aviator is dead, and the plane is still alive and is in the museum «Evergreen International Aviation».
By the way, the plane is also featured in the computer game «LA Noire ».
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