Hercules Concepts

Hercules Concepts

Early design conceptual drawings of the H-4

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Hercules Evergreen Aviation Museum

Hercules Evergreen Aviation Museum

Here is the H-4 in it's current home, the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinville Oregon. At some...

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Uploaded on Jan 13, 2011  |  Map

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Flying Aces Magazine Oct. 1937

Flying Aces Magazine Oct. 1937

Here's another vintage aviation magazine. While there are no articles about the Hughes racer inside...

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Senate Investigation News-Reel footage Play Video

Senate Investigation News-Reel footage

Angrily addressing senator Brewster in some newsreel footage. Senator Brewster was being bribed by...

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Hercules NewsReelPlay Video

Hercules NewsReel

News Reel footage of the one and only flight of the world's largest plane.

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xh-17 newsreel 1952Play Video

xh-17 newsreel 1952

The XH-17, or flying crane, was the first aircraft built by the helicopter division of...

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h-1racer (high res.)

h-1racer (high res.)

The H-1, or 'winged bullet' as Howard called it, combined innovations like retractable landing gear...

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s-43 on lake Mead

s-43 on lake Mead

Hughes spent a lot of money on this Sikorsky. He upgraded the engines, and even added...

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s-43 wreckage

s-43 wreckage

This plane ended up at the Tool Co. in Houston , and was sold to a private owner who keeps it in a hangar in south Texas

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Uploaded on Sep 15, 2009

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Hells Angels crash

Hells Angels crash

Legend holds that when all of the professional pilots refused to attempt a particular stunt(a low...

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Uploaded on Sep 15, 2009

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Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers

Howard and Ginger at one of her premiers.

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Uploaded on Sep 15, 2009

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Howard and Nancy Carroll

Howard and Nancy Carroll

Here's Howard on a date with another starlet. Howard felt most comfortable entertaining friends...

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Uploaded on Sep 15, 2009

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sikorsky

sikorsky

Hughes in the cockpit of a then recently purchased, sikorsky s-38 amphibious plane. Howard's very...

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Uploaded on Sep 15, 2009

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Hercules storage

Hercules storage

This is the only picture I've seen of the storage building that Hughes kept the huge...

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Uploaded on Sep 14, 2009

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D-2

D-2

These are the only pictures I've seen of the completed wooden bodied fighter. The fledgling company...

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Flooding the dock

Flooding the dock

The massive plane floats for the first time.

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California

California

Howard at 21. This picture was from an architecture magazine article about the mansion he moved into...

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Nov 1 1947

Nov 1 1947

The Hercules from a Zeppelin . Hughes absolutely hated the term 'Spruce goose' which was a mocking...

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Uploaded on Sep 14, 2009

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