The Spruce Goose took flight for the first and only time 75 years ago. Now, the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum is celebrating with special events in commemoration of the largest wooden aircraft ...

The Hughes H-4 Hercules, or Spruce Goose, took its one and only flight 70 years ago on November 2, 1947, with Howard Hughes as the pilot. It's on public display at the Evergreen Aviation & Space ...

Museum lore has it that Del Smith paid $1 for the Spruce Goose, but years later, when his aviation company suffered financial problems, it was reported he had made payments over 20 years totaling ...

For more information about Howard Hughes and the Spruce Goose or to plan a trip to see the H-4 Hercules, visit the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum website. -- Blake Stilwell can be reached at ...

A piece of music by the composer Philip Glass will be performed this weekend under the tail of Oregon’s iconic Spruce Goose airplane. The piece, “1000 Airplanes on the Roof,” has rarely been ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose, a gigantic historic wooden airplane whose fate was mired in a financial dispute, will permanently stay in Oregon. California attorney Robert E. Lyon ...

Spruce Goose highlight of museum opening John Gress / Associated Press Museum goers flock under the wings of the HK-1 Spruce Goose, the largest aircraft ever produced, after opening ceremonies ...

Then in 1992, Evergreen Aviation bought the Spruce Goose to showcase front and center at their new museum. Related Articles What's now Longview was once just swampy farm land.

The National Air and Space Museum acquires the Hughes Flying Boat, HK-1, "Spruce Goose," from the U.S. General Services Administration. The museum decided to retain a 51-foot wing section and return ...

A piece of music by the composer Philip Glass will soon be performed under the tail of Oregon’s iconic Spruce Goose airplane. The piece, “1,000 Airplanes on the Roof,” has rarely been ...

The Spruce Goose — the Hughes H-4 Hercules, the Hughes Flying Boat — is the most famous military aircraft never used. Conceived during World War II by entrepreneur Howard Hughes, it was the ...