Spruce Goose (Hughes H-4 Hercules)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Spruce_Goose_(Hughes_H-4_Hercules)

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:builtBy	gptkb:Duramold_process
gptkbp:builtFor	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:capacity	60,000 kg
gptkbp:category	gptkb:aircraft flying boats
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crew	3
gptkbp:currentLocation	gptkb:Oregon gptkb:McMinnville gptkb:Evergreen_Aviation_&_Space_Museum
gptkbp:designer	gptkb:Howard_Hughes
gptkbp:displayedAt	1993 (at Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum)
gptkbp:engine	gptkb:Pratt_&_Whitney_R-4360_Wasp_Major
gptkbp:engineType	radial piston engine
gptkbp:firstFlight	gptkb:Long_Beach,_California about 1.6 km 1947-11-02 about 26 seconds
gptkbp:firstFlightAltitude	21 m
gptkbp:height	24.18 m
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Spruce Goose (Hughes H-4 Hercules)
gptkbp:length	66.65 m
gptkbp:manufacturer	gptkb:Hughes_Aircraft_Company
gptkbp:material	wood birch wood
gptkbp:maxTakeoffWeight	181,437 kg
gptkbp:neverEnteredService	true
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:Spruce_Goose media nickname, not favored by Hughes
gptkbp:notableFor	largest wingspan of any aircraft ever built largest flying boat ever built only one brief flight
gptkbp:numberBuilt	1
gptkbp:numberOfEngines	8
gptkbp:officialName	gptkb:Hughes_H-4_Hercules
gptkbp:previousDisplayLocation	gptkb:Long_Beach,_California_(Queen_Mary_dome)
gptkbp:projectCost	$23 million (1947 USD)
gptkbp:projectDelayedBy	engineering challenges wartime material restrictions
gptkbp:projectInitiated	1942
gptkbp:purpose	gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:registration	gptkb:NX37602
gptkbp:seatingCapacity	up to 750 troops
gptkbp:status	retired
gptkbp:tailConfiguration	conventional
gptkbp:wingspan	97.54 m
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:McMinnville,_Oregon,_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5