Here’s What You Need To Remember: Despite its exceptionally brief flight career, Spruce Goose helped pioneer aviation design technologies, some of which appeared in later aircraft that were ...
The Wyoming held the distinction of the largest wooden boat of its time, but this wasn't necessarily a good thing. Here's the ...
So, today I thank Rob Harvan of Commemorative Air Force (CAF) for suggesting our current dual topic: the Vultee XP-54 “Swoose Goose” (yes, a wordplay on the far more famous Spruce Goose ...
where the H-4 Hercules flying boat (aka the “Spruce Goose”) had been built. In May 1950, Lockheed purchased the aircraft back from Hughes for $100,000, by which point the aircraft had only 404 ...
Along with the Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet, the Swoose Goose and the Ascender resulted from United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) proposal R-40C issued on November 27, 1939, for aircraft with ...
Look closely, and you'll spot Canada Goose's famous logo — a red, blue, and white map of the North Pole — in places that may seem incongruous. Movie stars sport the brand out and about in New ...
Back in the days of flivvers and flappers, the Ford Tri-Motor transport was the workhorse of U.S. aviation. The “Tin Goose” was shaped like a slightly rhomboid crackerbox, sheathed in ...
Being in the rear section of any aircraft is going to be noisy in general due to the location of the bathroom and flight attendants — but also because the distance from the plane’s wings and t ...
PAOAY, Ilocos Norte — The greater white-fronted goose, a rare bird species, was spotted for the first time at Paoay Lake National Park this week, according to the Department of Environment and ...
Get news about destinations, plus the latest in aviation, food and drink, and where to stay. Look at the photos of the two fatal air crashes of the last two weeks, and amid the horror and the ...
The last outbreak lasted from 1967 to 1993, covering 136 million acres across eastern Canada and Maine. It stripped the needles from fir and spruce trees across most of northern Maine, killing 7 ...