A Canadian “Super Scooper” aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles had to be grounded after it hit a drone flying ...

Spruce Goose To gain the needed expertise in designing and building such an aircraft, Kaiser went into partnership with Howard Hughes, who was already famous for his exploits in aviation ...

The aircraft was originally conceived by shipbuilder ... Owen Brewster of Maine nicknamed it the “Spruce Goose,” saying “The Spruce Goose is a flying lumberyard and will never fly.” ...