Spruce Goose Question

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

....................Leslie

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The mission? I think its' only mission was to prove it could fly. That it
did if only briefly.

Wayne
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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
....................Leslie

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"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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"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
....................Leslie

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Here is a posting from a pilot in the Hughes Tool Company aircraft division
telling about a conversation that he had with the chief engineer of the
aircraft.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...06/ai_n9455603

He says there was a problem with the ailerons. I have also read articles by
other people who said they didn't think the airframe could survive the
pounding from storms in the Atlantic.

I think it it could have been developed in a reasonable time, it could
have been a very important aircraft. But Howard Hughes being the man
he was...lost interest in the plane..and as time went by technology
passed it by...and left it just a curiousity. As a side note..since
it was designed, built and made its only flight in Southern California
that's where it should of remained, instead of being shipped up to
Washington state...just my opinion



On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 14:30:57 -0800, "Mike Henley"
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"Therefore" wrote in message
...
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
....................Leslie

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Here is a posting from a pilot in the Hughes Tool Company aircraft division
telling about a conversation that he had with the chief engineer of the
aircraft.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...06/ai_n9455603

He says there was a problem with the ailerons. I have also read articles by
other people who said they didn't think the airframe could survive the
pounding from storms in the Atlantic.

On 2015-08-19 7:13 PM, wrote:
I think it it could have been developed in a reasonable time, it could
have been a very important aircraft. But Howard Hughes being the man
he was...lost interest in the plane..and as time went by technology
passed it by...and left it just a curiousity. As a side note..since
it was designed, built and made its only flight in Southern California
that's where it should of remained, instead of being shipped up to
Washington state...just my opinion



Oregon not Washington

On 2015-08-20 02:13:26 +0000, said:

I think it it could have been developed in a reasonable time, it could
have been a very important aircraft. But Howard Hughes being the man
he was...lost interest in the plane..and as time went by technology
passed it by...and left it just a curiousity. As a side note..since
it was designed, built and made its only flight in Southern California
that's where it should of remained, instead of being shipped up to
Washington state...just my opinion

Follow the money.


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Savageduck

On Wed, 19 Aug 2015 19:13:26 -0700, wrote:

I think it it could have been developed in a reasonable time, it could
have been a very important aircraft. But Howard Hughes being the man
he was...lost interest in the plane..and as time went by technology
passed it by...and left it just a curiousity. As a side note..since
it was designed, built and made its only flight in Southern California
that's where it should of remained, instead of being shipped up to
Washington state...just my opinion

Actually, it is in McMinnville OR.

On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 14:30:57 -0800, "Mike Henley"
wrote:


"Therefore" wrote in message
m...
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
....................Leslie

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Here is a posting from a pilot in the Hughes Tool Company aircraft division
telling about a conversation that he had with the chief engineer of the
aircraft.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...06/ai_n9455603

He says there was a problem with the ailerons. I have also read articles by
other people who said they didn't think the airframe could survive the
pounding from storms in the Atlantic.

wrote in message ...

I think it it could have been developed in a reasonable time, it could
have been a very important aircraft.

I grew up about twenty miles from where it was stored all those years,
knowing it as the Hughes Hercules, not the "Spruce Goose". Right up to the
day he died, I half-expected Howie to wake up with a wild hair up his ass
some morning and take it out for a flight. I finally got to see it in 1986
when it was on display next to the Queen Mary in Long Beach.