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Spruce Goose Recalled
Today is the anniversary of the first, last and only flight of Howard Hughes’s magnificent flying boat design, the Hughes H-4 Hercules, commonly known as the “Spruce Goose”. On this … more →
Travel for Aircraft
Howard Hughes | Wings of Desire
wrote 1 week ago: * “I wanted to see New York . . . so I tried to see how fast I could do it in.” * –Howard Hugh … more →
Florida Air Museum — unique aircraft in Lakeland FL
wrote 3 weeks ago: Florida Air Museum 27º 58’ 56” N / 82º 01’ 41” W Lakeland Florida, in the USA, lies in a beautiful s … more →
The Spruce Goose: 30 Seconds Over...Long Beach
wrote 2 months ago: On November 2, 1947, the largest flying boat ever constructed lifted off on its maiden flight near L … more →
Spruce Goose Recalled
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wrote 2 months ago: Today is the anniversary of the first, last and only flight of Howard Hughes’s magnificent fly … more →
November 2 in history
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wrote 2 months ago: On November 2: 1755 – Marie Antoinette, Queen of France was born. 1868 New Zealand officially adopt … more →
The Spruce Goose
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wrote 2 months ago: The Spruce Goose The day was late in WW II and the Allies were amassing the largest invasion fleet … more →
Days of Empire
wrote 3 months ago: Flying boats and seaplanes were the Betamax of the aviation industry. I have this theory that much o … more →
The Aviator
wrote 5 months ago: The Aviator, deservedly nominated for Best Picture, and in my opinion, a much better film than the w … more →
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum and the Tillamook Air Museum
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wrote 5 months ago: The Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum and the Tillamook Air Museum Portland, Oregon USA is a fab … more →
Too Much Saffron on Hells Kitchen
wrote 8 months ago: by Mikey We are down to the last 4 chefs on Hells Kitchen and it starts off with Ben breathing a sig … more →
IndyMac Bank Is Back in The News….
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wrote 9 months ago: Well isn’t odd that just yesterday I was talking about Former Senator Brewster being in the … more →
HOWARD HUGHES | ODD BEHAVIOR
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wrote 9 months ago: * * We have all heard the accounts of his peculiarities. Great Flickr find puts some interesting me … more →
The Amazing Howard Hughes
wrote 10 months ago: The legendary howard highes – from this beginnings as an eccentric young industrialist through … more →
Man, Moment, Machine - Howard Hughes and the Spruce Goose (History Channel)
wrote 10 months ago: Howard Hughes was a celebrity persona known around the world and an aeronautical genus, but he was a … more →
Bison 1 Panthers 7
wrote 11 months ago: Saturday saw a trip down to Hampshire for a league game with Basingstoke. This trip was about exorci … more →
JFK
wrote 1 year ago: 45 years ago today the 35th President of the United States was assassinated. I remember learning ab … more →
BAD TRANSPORTATION - Spruce Goose
wrote 1 year ago: The year was 1942. The United States was at war with Germany once again (the last time didn’t take), … more →
From Above
wrote 1 year ago: I placed some more pictures from this past summer on Flickr today. Portland from about 1200″ … more →
Evergreen Aviation Museum
wrote 1 year ago: Friday afternoon came and the weekend plans were still up in the air. We thought we’d be in G … more →
