This HUGE Wood Plane Actually Flew! H4 HERCULES

Howard Hughes’s H-4 Hercules is the largest amphibian aircraft, and the largest wooden aircraft ever built. And for 72 years up until 2019, it had the largest wingspan of any airplane. It truly is a marvel of engineering and a beast of a machine. The first and very last time it ever flew was on November 2nd, 1947 when Howard Hughes shocked the world by unveiling the gargantuan airship that the press had scoffed by saying it could never even nicknamed it “The Spruce Goose“, despite the fact that it was made of Birch wood. Be sure to visit the H-4 Hercules at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, in McMinnville, Oregon, USA. They are wonderful people and the docents are very knowledgeable about the aircraft and spacecraft/machinery. Check out my narrated tour of the H-4 Hercules! #sprucegoose #history #travel TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introducing the H-4 0:40 A Big Idea 3:41 The Goose’s Design 7:24 The Hercules Emerges 9:40 H-4 Makes History 13:20 The Next Chapter 15:47 A New Home CREDIT: Drone footage credit to Dronesphere: SOURCES/REFERENCES: Much of the information I learned about the H-4 Hercules came from my private tour of the aircraft at the Evergreen Aviation Museum. We were able to speak with one of the docents at our leisure and because we were the last of the private groups, we had extra time to pick his brain on information about the airplane (and extra time to film footage). I kept note of the information, and when I needed to corroborate some of the facts I chose these sources: Boeing Historic Snapshot of H-4 Hercules: “The Spruce Goose” LA Almanac: I normally do not rely on Wikipedia, however for a recap of basic information I had already learned, I used their page about the Hercules: More information was corroborated from a video by Megaprojects: More information was corroborated from a video by Today I Found Out: More information was corroborated from a video by Airbaja: More information about the transport of the plane to Evergreen Aviation Museum in Oregon was corroborated from a video by Peter Dibble: MUSIC: “Keys of Moon - Flowing Energy“ is under a Creative Commons (CC-BY 3.0) license Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: “Scott Buckley - Horizons“ is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license. Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: “MaxKoMusic - Dark Ages“ is under a Creative Commons (cc-by) license Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: “Alex Productions - Elite“ is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license. Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: ’Omega’ by Scott Buckley is under a Creative Commons license (CC BY 3.0) Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: “Scott Buckley - Bring Me The Sky“ is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license. Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: --------------------------------- I plan to sail to the UK to film dozens upon dozens of historic places for this channel, if you would like to learn more about it, or help support the effort, visit the links below! Video: GoFundMe: TO CONTACT ME: My EMAIL is for business inquiries ONLY. If you have business or a proposition to discuss, please leave a comment on the channel explaining what you’d like to discuss, and request my email address from me. If you’d like to buy me a cup of coffee/tea, support my channel, or donate to it, you can choose any of the methods below, thank you! Links: Venmo: @AlexAHistorian YouTube Membership: Become a member of my YouTube channel to receive exclusive perks like your name in the credits, early access to new videos, and so on. Learn more here: DISCLAIMER: I am not a University-educated historian, Alex the Historian was a nickname I got while working at Disneyland as a tour guide. After 6 years of using it as a stage name for my channel, it would be detrimental to the channel to suddenly change the name.