Nº 31 · Chapter 04 · Records, Research & Giants
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Hughes H-4 Hercules ("Spruce Goose") · 1988
You colored this airplane in the book – here you can find it as a model kit, model or movie. In the book on page 65.
The world's largest flying boat is made of wood because aluminium was scarce during the war. Howard Hughes used glued birch laminate ("Duramold"). Critics called it the "Spruce Goose" – Hughes hated the name.
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