November 15, 20223 yr Author 4 hours ago, bernd1151 said: I hope my memory doesn't fail me, Jack. But when I visited the plane in Long Beach, someone there told me that during WWII private enterprises such as the Hughes Corp. were not allowed to use aluminum, as it was needed for military plane construction. Hence the use of birch/Duramold. That is correct Bernd - "In 1942, the order to have three such aircrafts developed within two years was placed by the government and Kaiser. Soon, Hughes and his designer Glenn Odekirk began working on it. Since it was wartime, strategic material like aluminium was not available, so the aircraft was made entirely out of birch wood with its rudder and elevator made out of fabric." (Wiki) "The Spruce Goose was first conceived during World War II, when German submarines were sinking hundreds of Allied ships, and there was a growing need to move troops and materials across the Atlantic Ocean. Henry Kaiser conceived the idea of a massive flying transport and turned to Howard Hughes to design and build it. Hughes took on the task, made even more challenging by the government’s restrictions on materials critical to the war effort, such as steel and aluminum. Six times larger than any aircraft of its time, the Spruce Goose, also known as the Hughes Flying Boat, is made entirely of wood and flew just one time on November 2, 1947, in Long Beach, California." (Evergreen Aero & Space Museum where it now resides)
November 16, 20223 yr 4 hours ago, paulb said: That is correct Bernd - "In 1942, the order to have three such aircrafts developed within two years was placed by the government and Kaiser. Soon, Hughes and his designer Glenn Odekirk began working on it. Since it was wartime, strategic material like aluminium was not available, so the aircraft was made entirely out of birch wood with its rudder and elevator made out of fabric." (Wiki) "The Spruce Goose was first conceived during World War II, when German submarines were sinking hundreds of Allied ships, and there was a growing need to move troops and materials across the Atlantic Ocean. Henry Kaiser conceived the idea of a massive flying transport and turned to Howard Hughes to design and build it. Hughes took on the task, made even more challenging by the government’s restrictions on materials critical to the war effort, such as steel and aluminum. Six times larger than any aircraft of its time, the Spruce Goose, also known as the Hughes Flying Boat, is made entirely of wood and flew just one time on November 2, 1947, in Long Beach, California." (Evergreen Aero & Space Museum where it now resides) Excellent! Jack Sawyer
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November 18, 20223 yr Author 45 minutes ago, SP2472 said: Great shots Paul, the Spruce Goose is a great looking seaplane... Darryl Thank you kindly Darryl 🙂.
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