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1946 - Howard Hughes’ Spruce Goose Moved

Reel Number: 221734-10

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1946

Country: USA

Location: California,Culver City

TC Begins: 04:25:21

TC Ends: 04:26:19

Duration: 00:00:58

Fuselage section of Howard Hughes’ Spruce Goose moved out of hanger on large special trailer pulled by small truck as men watch. 04:25:30 Large covered wing pulled along street w/ police walking alongside & following. Men lift & move wires & poles. 04:25:49 LS sections pulled along rural road. Empty drydock beside water. Various views of fuselage & parts arriving for final assembly. Experimental Wooden Amphibious Airplane; Flying Boat; 1946; Jun46; Inventions; Designs; Aviation Oddities; Post-WWII; Post-WW2; NOTE: Variously known as HK-1, HK-4 Hercules was largest aircraft as measured by wingspan of 320 feet.

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