McMINNVILLE, Ore. — Dwarfed beneath the wing of Howard Hughes’ fabled flying boat the Spruce Goose, museum guide Dick Paridee exuberantly lists its leviathan specs as a clutch of rapt visitors listen ...

Howard Hughes’ legendary Spruce Goose, a gigantic wooden airplane whose fate was uncertain amid a financial dispute, will remain permanently in Oregon. The Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum has ...

PORTLAND, Ore. – Legendary mogul Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose, a gigantic historic wooden airplane whose fate was mired in a financial dispute, will permanently stay in Oregon. The Evergreen Aviation ...

The Spruce Goose – the Hughes H-4 Hercules, the Hughes Flying Boat – is the most famous military aircraft never used. Conceived during World War II by dashing entrepreneur Howard Hughes, it was 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 ...

The Spruce Goose, with the largest wingspan of any aircraft in history, is the centerpiece of the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum. (Richard Read/The Oregonian) McMINNVILLE – The Spruce Goose, a ...

There’s more turbulence ahead for an Oregon museum campus that’s home to Howard Hughes’ Spruce Goose and an aviation-themed water park with a Boeing 747 sitting on the roof. The Evergreen Aviation & ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Legendary mogul Howard Hughes’ Spruce Goose, a gigantic historic wooden airplane whose fate was mired in a financial dispute, will permanently stay in Oregon. The Evergreen ...

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 1980 file photo, Howard Hughes' wooden flying boat the "Spruce Goose," is towed by a tugboat from its hangar in Long Beach, Calif. The gigantic historic wooden airplane whose ...

McMINNVILLE - It was only airborne for one minute, skimming just 70 feet above the water on a fall day in 1947 before billionaire Howard Hughes landed the world's largest plane forever. The Spruce ...

McMINNVILLE, Ore. — Mike Wright isn’t used to starring roles. More often, he lingers in the background, quietly going about his work as a private aircraft maintenance technician. But as the 60th ...

A thousand miles from home, the world’s largest flying boat may have won the respect that has eluded it for more than half a century. The Spruce Goose, the epic aircraft created by industrialist ...