70 years ago nowadays on Nov. 2,1947, Howard Hughes performed his first and only fight of the Spruce Goose (also known as H-4 The Hercules). It was the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built. Pictured here is the Spruce Goose in Long Beach Harbor, or California in 1947. (Allan Grant and J.
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Eyerman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #SpruceGoose #thisweekinLIFE #tbt
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