This installment of Randy's Warbird Profiles takes a look at the legendary Hughes H-4 Hercules - better known as the “Spruce Goose” - on the 77th anniversary of the giant airplane’s first ...

The H-4 Hercules was never mass-produced, but its test flight made headlines globally. Howard Hughes spent years defending the project before Congress. Its story reflects the tension between ...

The Hughes H4 Hercules is probably better known as the “Spruce Goose” despite it mostly being made out of birch. The Hughes H4 Hercules was the brain child of Howard Hughes, and eccentric but ...