Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Microsoft is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the venerable Flight Simulator series today with the launch of the aptly named ...

If you think Howard Hughes’ plane the Spruce Goose is big (it is, it really is), then try this on for size: more than 1 million pieces of paper — documents, blueprints, original drawings and thousands ...

For every legendary airplane like the F-16 Viper or Il-2 Shturmovik that sees large-scale production, history is littered with dozens of promising projects that burned through budgets and deadlines ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The front page of the Deseret News on Nov. 3, 1947, reporting that Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" had had a short flight. Editor’s ...

Nov. 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1889, North and South Dakota became the 39th and 40th states of the union. In 1920, in the first significant news broadcast, KDKA in Pittsburgh reported the ...

“Spruce Goose,” the 200-ton, eight-story-tall flying boat belonging to millionaire Howard Hughes, is shown during the one time it ever flew, Nov. 2, 1947. It is seen traveling 33 feet above the ...

MCMINNVILLE, Ore. — At 320 feet, from wingtip to wingtip, the Spruce Goose would fill up an entire football field between the end zones. It was the largest sea plane ever built, a record that stood ...

Microsoft is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the venerable Flight Simulator series today with the launch of the aptly named Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary update. As the company had ...