This distinctive aircraft was among the first airliners to be pressurized and make the transcontinental flight with ...

from Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose to Alexander Lippisch's Aerodyne; there are plenty of strange aircraft designs that took to the skies. Typically, a new design element is created to fill a niche ...

Spruce Goose To gain the needed expertise in designing and building such an aircraft, Kaiser went into partnership with Howard ... Hughes took a personal interest in every aspect of design and ...