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#1 Click this link to see Blog page --> 10/10/2012

The H-4 Hercules, a.k.a. #SpruceGoose, was built in sections by Hughes Aircraft in Culver City. In June 1946, the wings, hull and other sections were transported to Terminal Island in Long Beach for final assembly. Here are photos of that historic plane being moved.

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#2 Click this link to see Blog page --> 11/02/2016

#3 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/11/2017 #7

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#4 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 11/02/2021 #7

In 1947, Howard Robard Hughes Jr. piloted his huge wooden flying boat, the Hughes H-4 Hercules (derisively dubbed the “Spruce Goose” by detractors), on its only flight, which lasted about a minute over Long Beach Harbor in California. #HowardHughes #SpruceGoose
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MjL