Making but a single flight, what was the real name given to Howard Hughes' birch plywood plane, the Spruce Goose?
Howard Hughes wood, and, at , had the longest wingspan of any aircraft (the next largest wingspan was about ). (The Hercules is no longer the longest nor heaviest aircraft ever built; both of those titles are currently held by the Antonov An-225 "Mriya".) The Hercules flew only once for one mile (1.6 km), and above the water, with Hughes at the controls, on November 2, 1947. The Hercules was nicknamed the "Spruce Goose" by its critics, but it was actually made largely from birch, not spruce, rather than of aluminum, because the contract required that Hughes build the aircraft of "non-strategic
Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose is a 1987 animated made-for-television film produced by Hanna-Barbera for syndication as part of the "Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10" series. Yogi leads his friends on a tour of the "Spruce Goose", built by billionaire Howard Hughes. While touring, they were accidentally locked inside the plane. To make matters worse, the dome where the plane was located closed up for the night. Augie Doggie tripped over and opened a door. The gang came to the cockpit. Yogi accidentally pushed a button which