The #Hughes H-4 #Hercules (aka the "Spruce Goose") was one of the largest planes ever constructed, intended as a wartime aircraft to move troops and material across the Atlantic Ocean. The massive flying boat was the largest all-wood airplane built. #AviationEvolutions
This tweet was posted on November 02, 2018.
The Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat, also known as the #SpruceGoose, was the largest all-wood airplane built and was designed as an ultra-large, transoceanic military transport for use during World War II. It was intended to transport as many as 750 troops. #WingWendesday
This tweet was posted on December 01, 2021.
The Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat, known as the “Spruce Goose,” was designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft Company as an ultra-large, transoceanic military transport for use during WWII. The massive flying boat remains the largest all-wood airplane built. #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on May 05, 2021.
The one and only flight of the "Spruce Goose," which lasted only a minute and hit an altitude of 70 feet, took place on Nov. 2, 1947, off the coast of San Pedro, CA, with Howard Hughes at the controls, David Grant as copilot, and members of the press on board. #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on May 05, 2021.
This 1970s Hughes Airwest poster featured a literal flying banana. Did you ever fly on "the top banana in the west"?
This tweet was posted on May 21, 2016.
This exhibition featured objects from California Airlines such as PSA (Pacific Southwest Airlines), Air California (later AirCal), and Pacific Air Lines, Air West, and Hughes Airwest. Do you remember this exhibit? What’s your favorite California regional airline? #CatchOurStyle
This tweet was posted on September 09, 2021.
When Howard Hughes acquired Air West in 1970, he promptly renamed it Hughes Airwest. A new airline… http://t.co/Ez9DMt1qUT
This tweet was posted on May 06, 2014.
📸 #2 & 3:
Halfback Hugh McElhenny charges though an open hole during a 14-27 loss to the Chicago Bears at Kezar Stadium
October 26, 1958
Wide receiver R. C. Owens makes a leaping catch during a preseason 24-17 victory over Washington at Kezar Stadium
August 16, 1959
This tweet was posted on December 27, 2021.
📸 3/3:
poster: Hughes Airwest; 1970s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2001.135.074
slide: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Hughes Airwest; 1976
Gift of Daniel Hahn
2015.038.021
This tweet was posted on July 28, 2021.
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R.O.N. kit cover: Hughes Airwest, His; 1970s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2002.035.681 a l
https://t.co/KHkn32DFYq
This tweet was posted on May 02, 2023.
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airsickness bag: EVA Air; c. 2014
Gift of Vincent Ma
2021.020.0140
https://t.co/xqcIgCdKCY
beach towel: Hughes Airwest; 1970s
Gift of Riqui Sedoris
2021.105.004
https://t.co/5p0Nu3FBsk
This tweet was posted on June 15, 2022.
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hostess boots: Hughes Airwest; 1970s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2001.016.048 a b
https://t.co/7SlocvfO6x
This tweet was posted on August 23, 2022.
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photo: Hughes H-4 Hercules; 1947
Gift of Frank A. Norick
2009.015.002
model airplane: Hughes H-4 Hercules; 2002
Made by and gift of Jim Lund
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photo: Hughes H-4 Hercules; 1947
Gift of Frank A. Norick
2009.015.003
This tweet was posted on May 05, 2021.
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photographs: Hughes H-4 Hercules (Spruce Goose); November 2, 1947
Gift of Frank A. Norick
2016.042.023
2016.042.023
This tweet was posted on December 01, 2021.