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 ...
This distinctive aircraft was among the first airliners to be pressurized and make the transcontinental flight with ...
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 ...
On Jan. 19, 1937, Howard Hughes set a new transcontinental air speed record in his H-1 Racer aircraft, flying from Los ...