Radio-controlled Spruce Goose
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Barrett Hochaus built a radio-controlled model of Howard Hughes giant Flying Boat, popularly known as the Spruce Goose, with a wing span of nearly ten feet. It is powered by four electric motors. Despite its large size, it wieghs less than seven pounds. It made its maiden flight at the Gilbert Rodeo Grounds on Saturday, January 22, 2011.
See the location where I photographed the Radio-controlled Spruce Goose model at the Gilbert Rodeo Grounds on January 22, 2011 in Google Earth.
The large model is hand launched.
After three circuits of the field, Barrett brings it in for a landing.
Barrett decided to wave off the first landing attempt and went around for another try.
Just a moment before touch down.
Barrett Hochaus displays his model of the Spruce Goose.
Barrett Hochaus and his model of the Spruce Goose.
Barrett will fly his model of the Spruce Goose at the Arizona Electric Festival at Superstition Airpark on January 28 and 29.
Howard Hughes' giant flying boat, the HK-1
Hercules, also known as the Spruce Goose,
was moved from its hangar to a temporary onshore site in October
1980,
It was then moved to its former
display location on Pier J in Long
Beach in February 1982.
You can buy a 2020 calendar featuring my photographs of Howard Hughes' giant Flying Boat, popularly called the Spruce Goose.
Howard Hughes' giant Flying Boat, the Spruce Goose, floated out of the hangar it resided inside for thirty-three years into Los Angeles Harbor on October 29, 1980. It took two days to pick it up with Herman the German and place it on land for temporary storage. On February 10, 1982, it was lifted onto a barge for transportation to the geodesic dome where it was displayed to the public for eleven years.
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