{"id":31420,"date":"2024-04-27T13:00:13","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T03:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/spruce-goose\/"},"modified":"2024-04-27T13:00:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T03:00:13","slug":"why-the-spruce-goose-only-flew-once","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=31420","title":{"rendered":"Why The Spruce Goose Only Flew Once"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an industry where size matters, the largest aircraft are often the ones that most strongly capture the hearts and minds of both aviation enthusiasts and the general public. At the time of its construction, the Hughes H-4 Hercules, familiarly known as the Spruce Goose<\/a>, was the world’s largest plane. However, it was built for a war that was already over and never found a place in our modern world. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The largest seaplane, the largest wooden aircraft, and the largest propeller plane ever built, flew only once, in 1947.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,7892,408,4643,8409],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-h-4","category-history","category-howard-hughes","category-spruce-goose"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t