The H-4 Hercules ("Spruce Goose"), a massive wooden flying boat, was conceived to transport cargo across the Atlantic during WWII, bypassing U-boat threats. Its construction was plagued by delays ...

The Hughes H-4 Hercules, also known as Spruce Goose, is the largest wooden airplane ever built. It is located in the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville.

Bremont’s latest aviation tribute watch, the limited-edition H-4 Hercules, commemorates its namesake wooden aircraft, popularly dubbed Spruce Goose, built in the 1940s. The massive plane ...

Bizarre Rehash of “Spruce Goose” History May Mean Stratolaunch Only Flew Once. In what seems like an event bizarrely reminiscent of the single flight of the failed Hughes H-4 Hercules, or ...

But perhaps no such failed project still looms in the public consciousness quite like the unique enormous Hughes H-4 Hercules, memorably misnamed the “Spruce Goose.” ...

Though the nickname “Spruce Goose,” bestowed by the press at that time, is part of an aviation legacy as far reaching as the plane itself, it was a misnomer. The Hercules used birch.

For more information about Howard Hughes and the Spruce Goose or to plan a trip to see the H-4 Hercules, visit the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum website.

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 ...

The movement of Bremont's new H-4 Hercules Limited Edition chronometer features wood from Howard Hughes' legendary Spruce Goose aircraft.

Three new GMT watches from British Bremont celebrate the H-4 Hercules, or "Spruce Goose," incorporating actual wood from the historic plane.