Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- Hughes, Howard 1905-1976
- Hughes Aircraft Company
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Summary
- The H-4, known as "The Spruce Goose," lands off the coast of California on November 2, 1947. The famed seaplane was built by Howard Hughes. It was completed in 1946 and cost an astonishing $23 million. The plane was built during World War II, and was the largest seaplane ever made. Its wing span was 320 feet long, and it could carry around 700 passengers. The plane was completed after the war but was never put into production.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 2, Folder: March 1975
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- November 2, 1947
- Standard number
- SIA2012-0951
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Other
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Other; Medium: Photographic print
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Hughes Flying-boat (Seaplane)
- Aeronautics--Flights
- Seaplanes
- Airplanes
- Record ID
- siris_sic_13656
