"Therefore" wrote in message
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Is there any information as to whether or not the Goose
would have accomplished the mission it was built for.

I have read that only one test was flown just above the water
for a few yards only

Something more like a half mile, or mile, as I recall.

It never got out of ground affect, though. That still does not tell whether
it could have climbed out, and done it with a load.

Your question is one of the great mysteries in aviation. Since Hughes did
not say much about how it flew, we don't even know if he thought it would
fly the mission. He only wanted to prove that it would fly, and he did it
once, and parked it. Too bad.

My personal belief is that it would have had the range and lift. It sure
had enough wing area, and engines.
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Jim in NC