They called her "Spruce Goose"

zohn · 2010-04-30T07:25:05+00:00

Although she was made mostly of laminated Birch, "Spruce Goose" was her name. I find this fascinating... http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.aviationexplorer.com/Spruce_Goose/spruce_goose_flight_750.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.aviationexplorer.com/Spruce_Goose_H-4_Hercules.html&h=448&w=692&sz=93&tbnid=x9kFFepcyeXgdM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=139&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dthe%2Bspruce%2Bgoose%2Bairplane&hl=en&usg=__G5-5ahzw_0wEfyM45lZf61Zalco=&ei=d2XaS9asMYTw9ASG9OlP&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=5&ct=image&ved=0CBoQ9QEwBA

inflames

Excellent, I bet she sounded real nice ?

Banditman

The film "The Aviator" stretches its only flight a bit, but makes for an interesting view on the plane.

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Great looking plane isn't it.

That wingspan is just majestic ?

I need to see this plane in real life one day to truly understand...

AND that Antonov is so big!!
The first time I saw videos of it when I was but a youngling, I couldn't understand how something that big could fly... I still cant...

Some more perspective of the Antonov AN 225

Jack-Flash-Jr

Must have had a hell of a truss rod.

dee

Despite his genious, Howard Hughes was quite clearly a bit of a looney...

Explorerlover

Brentcgp wrote Great looking plane isn't it.

That wingspan is just majestic ?

I need to see this plane in real life one day to truly understand...

Saw it at an Air show a couple of years ago...it's unbelievable that this thing makes it into the air

aubs1

Here is a doccie on the AN-225.......mind-blowing...... on take-off, you get the feeling that thing is never gonna get into the air!!!!

Renesongs

There is an excellent open source (free) flight simulator here http://www.flightgear.org . I have tried my hand at flying the Hughes H4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" and the Antonov AN-225 with some success.but the one that I struggle to get off the ground is the Boeing B-52 F