Flight of the Spruce Goose
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- Опубликовано: 19 сен 2024
- This video is about Flight of the Spruce Goose. Narrated by the best tour guide ever! If you know this gentleman, please send him this link and my sincere thank you for the fantastic tour.
Pure balls to make that 15deg flap call out, no computers no 3D modeling man and machine at it’s finest
Pilots like him will never exist again thanks to autopilot
That's the standard flap for take off
@@zagan1 are you thinking about airliners? It's usually flaps 5 in Boeing, don't know about airbus. But flaps are used for large planes. You don't need flaps for takeoff in a 172 or archer unless you're doing a short field takeoff. It seems most aviation "fans" really only look at airliners or fly Sims where they just load up boeikg jets. You don't need flaps for.takeoff in most planes
Why? It’s common with all seaplanes. You keep flaps up to reduce drag on the takeoff roll, then extend them to increase lift at the opportune time.
I was a witness to the first flight of the Spruce Goose from the deck of Navy ship USS DIACHENKO APD 123----San Pedro/ Long Beach harbor.-It was a great thrill to watch that
plane lift off - to prove to the idiots in Washington that it would fly..This scale model proves that it was a good design. The main problem back then was the engines were under powered , If Mr. Hughes had todays Jet engines with the power/weight ratio-The plane would be able to preform is"s designed mission. With the prop engines it could never lift off with 300 hundred or more troops.
DYESS Ship I would have loved to see it fly, amazing airplane.
Correct. Propulsion technology was not there. Soviet's did the same thing, but w/o full wing's, depending on wave effect to support the vehicle.
Reality denier's? plane only achieved wave effect. Did not enough power to actually fly. That's why howard withdrew from the public. The goose was a complete and total failure. Everyone still loves the plane that never flew. All engineer's agree the engines to fly it did not exist at that time. Just the fact's Mam.
Seriously? That thing never even came close to climbing out of ground effect, and Hughes seemed to think it couldn't, or a man as vain as he would have tried for another test. On the other hand, maybe after a few hundred metres further acceleration in ground effect, she could have accelerated to the point of actually flying.
Well, yes, given modern engines, you could make a lead anvil fly. Doesn't exactly make it a marvel of aeronautic engineering though.
Walked through part of that plane in 1983 when it was in California. Still can remember seeing it 40 yrs later. Fascinating piece of equipment.
yup … ‘88 for me . Queen Mary Long Beach
I live near the Evergreen flight museum, the thing can't be quite comprehended. It has dozens of planes parked under it, and even the biggest fit under 1/16th of one wing. Even panorama cameras can't get the whole thing in one photo, every photo of it is a composite. And the sheer scale and complexity of the wiring and piping inside - whole cities are less complex than the hydraulic and pneumatic systems in that beast.
Funnest thing though is they still have the beach balls the pontoons were filled with to make it float in the storage bay.
I went on a school trip to sleep under the massive tail of that thing. I mean it is massive. Could probably put jets underneath each wing and another under the tail *with room to spare*
I love that museum!
Jack is the man narrating this great video. I sold him a waterski back in 1999. Forgot his last name but remember he is a BIG OREGON DUCK FAN! I had a friend that volunteered his time at the museum in McMinnville OR, named Carol Canefax. I had a tour of this plane before the the museum even opened.
*AVIATOR brought me here* 👍
Come in with the milk. Come in with the milk.
@@calvinnickel9995 In the bottle , with the cap still on. 😆
I am a huge Howard Hughes fan. Love this video thank you. I’ve seen the movie “The Aviator” so many times I could act out every seen.
The aviator is an amazing film. From Scorsese's brilliant direction to DiCaprio's off the charts performance it is a masterpiece!
Every seen? Really?
@@AureliusR auto spell!!! Are you that bitter in life???? Really?!?!?!?!
My Sincerest Deepest Belated Condolences to the family, friends, and loved ones of Sir Howard Hughes. Maker of the Spruce Goose, and others.
The days when one man could make a difference.
I think one man could still make a difference. There's just no man who is ambitious enough to do so anymore.
Elon Musk raises his hand, looking confused at your comment...
After all, he worked on it all by himself.
Elon Musk wants to know your location
@@JamesonScalia Just a flash in the pan...Talk to us 40 years from now
There is something beautiful about this story, the hubris and passion of Howard is contagious. I can't help but belief this aircraft would have been a success with continued devopment in peacetime rather than war.
Gotta say regardless of all the things said about the man and the ending of his life He was a pioneer so much written about his failures in public life etc but on balance he was exceptional.
A beautiful aeroplane (all Hughes's aeroplanes were beautiful) - you would never guess its size because it is so beautifully proportioned. The British aviation pioneer Sir George Cayley said the ideal aerodynamic shape was that of "a well-fed trout". Look at the hull of the Hercules - what does the shape remind you of?
The fact that it’s still is the biggest plane out there is insane Howard Hughes was a good American
But it's not the biggest. Does it have the largest wingspan? Yes. The Antonov Mriya, however, is 18 meters longer than the Hercules. And if the Stratolauncher is completed next year as it's supposed to be, it will take the crown for the plane with the longest wingspan, outdoing the Hercules by almost 20 meters. I'm not knocking the Hercules though by any means. If anything, Hughes proved with the H-4 that it could be done. It was possible to go bigger and heavier and still get a plane airborne. He opened up a world of possibilities for engineers that led to planes like the B-52, the Mriya and the Stratolauncher. If jet technology had been more widely available at the time the Hercules would have been a roaring success. Hughes was just too far ahead of the available technology.
Damn good American!
asingleverse was never meant to be a success, it was going to be built in a set of 4 for the US military during WWII to mass transport troops to Europe instead of the u boat patrolled waters.
The fact it took this long to be beaten in size speaks volumes.
@@30AndHatingIt It has nothing to do with the ability to create a larger aircraft or the engineering involved, what it does clearly demonstrate is that there is no market for an aircraft of it's size. Like it or not, aircraft are primarily built for commercial enterprise.
A GREAT man. Misunderstood. But a GREAT MAN! RIP Howard. Wherever you are!
I'm pretty sure he's six feet under the ground in a casket.
I worked for a company that became part of Hughes' Mega-company. After a visit to one of his facilities in Southern California, one of the employees pointed out a vehicle parking space where Howard had parked his car during one of his visits. The employee said that after his visit, someone offered to drive him back to L.A. SO..there the car sat for YEARS after his visit. Evidently he either forgot where he left it...or just didn't want to spend the time to retrieve it?
So glad I was able to see this plane in Long Beach. Truly amazing airplane!!
A great man.
At least he spent his money on things he loves, modern billionaires seem to want to acquire more money.
Col. Nathan R. Jessup Good point. I think he's an old time Elon Musk except that he went crazy in his prime. Who knows what he could have accomplished...
@@TheWolfeFam Howard, I believe needed a wife that could keep him in a more normal life. I don't think there was anyone who could have done that.
Not totally true Colonel..how bout Richard Branson
Modern billionaires want to control the world, to impose their will on us, at any cost. It's a shame.
@@colkidglen8802 A WIFE keeping him in a "normal" life!!!!!! LMAO! His NOT doing that is exactly what kept him unique and able to be HIMSELF!!!!! Some men are independant man!
An aviation legend. Happy Birthday to a very special aircraft, The Spruce Goose, proving that impossible is only a word since 1947.
Our family Sunday drive would take us to port of Long Beach by pier G and we would see a huge warehouse. Dad told is the Spruce Goose is in there. (1966ish)
No entry signs on gate and perimeter fence. See the dome daily when at work these days.
It would be amazing if they would let her fly one real flight I think she can do it
Imagine if they retrofitted it with jets
@@Shinyarc I think they would tear themselves off the wings :)
Im not sure the glue would hold up after all these years, you would essentially have to entirely take it apart and re assemble it
@@Colt45hatchback With the right glues should be fine
@@zagan1 yeah complete rebuild with modern adhesive would be great although i feel no one would undertake it in
case its lost forever
I am glad no one bought it and it went to the museum.
I said “hop in.”
thank you for preserving this amazing piece of history~
I took the tour in Long Beach. Maybe it was 1989? I still have a few pics. Hard to believe I actually got to see this amazing machine in person.
I tried and failed to find the Spruce Goose on a day trip from Portland to McMinnville back in the late 90s before the McEvergreen flight museum was built. I would love to have seen that plane.
I saw it in long beach. One word wow
Same here!! We actually had our senior prom in the dome back in the late 80’s. Was real cool to have dinner under her wings!!!!
@@rallypoint1 sounds like a great night out
November 2,1947 75th Anniversary Spruce Goose Howard Hughes Used Jet Power Maybe Take off Higher
Howard missed the century
way of the future, way of the future, WAAYYY UHHHV THAHH FEWWW CHUR !!
It was made of wood and had less than a minute of flight time its entire life.....what kind of future is that
Mitchell Hogg lOl
The most versitile gunship unknown.Elegant mars landing.Tonight tonight.Poe
Sodium batterys
I remember going to the Evergreen Museum and seeing the Spruce Goose in person when I was little. I remember touching it and feeling a certain calling. I am now working on my Commercial multi certificate.
Back in 93 we had a field trip to long beach where we saw the old goose. I remember it being so huge and so shiny.
I live in Culver City where I believe the plane was built. That site is now the Howard Hughes Center, where there is now a 2-story open air mall (anchored by a multi-plex movie theater), surrounded by a business/commercial park campus. The Spruce Goose for many years was on display in Long Beach to where it was transported from Culver City and flew, next to the Queen Mary. Unfortunately, I never got to see the Spruce Goose when it was there, before it moved.
What a legend he was
Went and saw the “Goose” today. It’s absolutely huge! Something to be seen!
That's quite a nice model, sir.
I saw itfly in 1960 he had the new engines on and it got off the water, we had change corse he landed and turn and went back to the barn. It was the middle of the week in the summer
With the exception of the B1 bomber I think this has been the most expensive airplane ever built just because of the hangar costs adjusted for inflation of course.
I just saw this plane yesterday and took the tour to go inside the cockpit. Absolutely baffling how big this thing is. Sometimes I’d just stand there staring up at it lol.
She should be rebuilt...what a joy it would be to see her fly again
Thank you
For?
One badass hovercraft,and rocket carrier, you say no tiles, scratchless.Poe
Too bad it never flew again. Real sad
dune ,ride the worm ,ingenuity,feel the warmth nobody.rocket section.
Qué increíble historia 😍
Howard Hughes was genius pure and simple, just bit a head of his time.
I live in Oregon and I have actually seen the plane it’s in a museum and it is absolutely gigantic
Where's the full video? I went to your page and can't find any other video about this plane.
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What were you thinking, what were you doing? All questions asked not only to Howard Hughes, but also to Tex Johnson. FLY NAVY!!!
Saw it as a kid in California, maybe 7-8, mammoth plane ✈️
Man would love to see this thing in person
Love the Spruce Goose!
I don’t see why it wouldn’t be able to fly again. I imagine it still runs
Some people said it was too big to stay in the air. They were right
We’ll take the spruce moose! Hop in!
History Daily brought me here.
The Ego that built that aircraft is probably still alive somewhere in my (worthless) opinion
The Spruce Goose was beaten by the Paper Pelican, designed and built by a triangular shaped boy, an F shaped boy, and their friends.
Sad it was dissected and wasted..it was a marvel of a machine, a true feat of aeronautical engineering..and an important part of America imo😐
You should see what it looks like now. Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville Oregon has put it totally back to its original form. It's a work of art.
@@lilbluecrew928 really!!??...I didn't know that...I would love to see it I know it's totally magnanimous!!
Dissected and wasted??? Where have you been for the past 30+ years?
The way of the future.
They didn't even want him to fly it that one time.
I saw it at the 1988 Olympics.
Like a phoenix rising from the fucking ashes
-MisterMetokur
So it never got out of ground effect flight....largest hover boat ever.
It was a high speed taxi test, the same as all aircraft go through. It lifted off at a lower speed than Hughes anticipated. Modern day computer modeling by today's aeronautical engineers proved that it easily met all of its design specifications, including a projected 20,000 plus feet service ceiling when fully loaded to design specifications.
Amazing...
This is the damn Hercules not the Spruce goose!!!! Lmao 😂
Wow
That wingspan is longer than a football field.
They are the future !!
That's what Howard thought, he was wrong also.
Hufhe's should have left the country like he promised when the spruce goose failed.
HUGHE'S I meant
Iconoclast: I don't think you can really consider that a true "flight"... 1). he never left what they call "The Ground Effect" and 2). never banked it to the right or the left. The program was to produce an aircraft capable of traversing The Atlantic Ocean with a cargo hold full of Army Tanks for the war effort and that's a lot of weight and I wouldn't bet on that ever happening. My two cents. There was valid reason for skepticism all the time with the Hughes H-4 Hercules project. It's just another failed prototype and an expensive one to the taxpayers.
If you had a seaplane rating like I do… you’d know that it takes far more effort to get the plane off the water than it is to get it out of ground effect.
You’d also know how complex the control inputs required are to get the aircraft on the step (planing) and keep the sponsons out of the water. Doing a coordinated turn is child’s play in comparison.
THE WAY OF THE FUTURE
That plane was way underpowered for it's size
Good morning from St John Parish, Louisiana 27 Sep 20.
It should’ve stayed at home, in SoCal.
Does anybody know what the song is that’s featured towards the end of the video?
The plane was underpowered, but more importantly, the era of flying boats was ending. They are way too limited in where they can fly so they are uneconomical.
David Messer I think making wooden planes was about to be the greatest breakthrough in human history, but the government squashed it.
David Messer just kidding
It was also epic haha
From a time when we didn't let things like "practicality" get in the way if awesome
Wasn't it designed to fly close to the water to take advantage of the ground effect?
No, it was designed to fly high above the u boats
As I understand, it was designed to fly as a “normal” plane would, out of ground effect. If it were supposed to only use ground effect it’s wings could have been much smaller and closer to the water, and it’s engines would have likely been sufficient for its purpose of troop transport if it were designed like a ekranoplan. While the ground effect may have helped somewhat on liftoff, the H-4 would have likely been able to get out of ground effect without major stability or control issues other than possibly being a bit underpowered. To show the differences, consider the following: the Russian Lun-class ekranoplan that was made to and did only fly in ground effect weighed about 286 metric tonnes, with a wingspan of 144 feet and had a service ceiling of 4 meters or about 14 feet, thats fourteen feet, two digits, no zeros, . The H-4 Jesus Christ on the other hand weighs about 113 tonnes, has a wingspan of 320 feet and 11 inches, and a projected/calculated service ceiling of 20,900 feet, twenty thousand and nine hundred feet, that’s 5 digits, with three zeros. The H-4 didn’t end up ever getting near its service ceiling, not that it couldn’t or by its own fault, but it did end up going 56 feet higher than the Lun-class. 70 feet would be a stretch for most ground effect planes as serious problems, likely with stability, lift, power, and control, would arise due to the design not being made to do so.
Too bad the music was so loud when the old guy was speaking.
also stated by Howard Hughes: "Roosevelt ordering the procurement of over 100k aircraft per year," and that this was apparently met? He claimed "it was stated to be impractical," while also stating a physically impossible number of aircraft was produced (that would be around 5.5 aircraft PER STATE, per day, during the war, or 11 per state if 25 states were manufacturing aircraft, for an ENTIRE YEAR. I call HorseGoblin!
"In 2022, despite the coronavirus outbreak, the global aircraft fleet is expected to have 25,578 aircraft in service worldwide."
Big man = big plane.
Saw this giant plane the other day
Did you take a tour?
Question, how much fuel needed just for that short flight
Yes
Siempre me preguntó porqué no lo hicieron volar más??? Acaso no podría volar más de unos pocos metros?....
Great story and all but.......
Show me all the blueprints. Show me all the blueprints. Show me all the blueprints. Show me all the blueprints. Show me all the blueprints. Show me all the blueprints. Show me all the blueprints. Show me all the blueprints. Show me all the blueprints. Show me all the blueprints. Show me all the blueprints. Show me all the blueprints. Show me all the blueprints.
Well, ain't that just fuckn cute?
It didn't fly. That was only Ground Effect
Wrong it was flying.
@@maxzoka9122 read up on Ground Effect
@@oriolesfan61 no u
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at the end of this video,you state to visit the website to see whole video but all we see is other stuff..i bet this is the only video or the smaller 3 min one...am i right...not interested in your other videos myself
Less then a min, less then a mile? I don't understand why he didn't fly like in the movie?
“Hop in”🔫
I watched them bring it in to the museum and it’s huge. I know it can fly, why did they not just fly up here to Oregon , land on the Columbia and truck it to MAC. ( we call it MAC when u live here for McMinnville) probably to risky I would think.
It reached its maximum altitude in the test flight, and it was not enough to be able to fly very far. Hughes was the pilot and no one wanted that plane to fly successfully more than him, but it wouldn't. The engines then didn't have the power needed to get the lift, even with eight engines, it wouldn't climb. Sad ending for the plane and for Howard Hughes, who was an electronic genius. Many of our jet aircraft in the 80's and 90's flew with instruments invented by Hughes. His mind was incredible, but ultimately, flawed.
Those huge engines look very modern. Are they jet turboprops?
No, just regular aircraft engines of the era, only very big. Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major; 28-cylinder, four-row, radial engines. Over 4,000 hp per engine.
@@VRichardsn 4,000 hp and still not enough power lol. This was a marvel of engineering, only limited by the technology of the era. They really needed jet engines to achieve the kind of thrust for flying lol.
@@luminatrixfanfiction A guy once described it as "stupid genius". They were brute forcing their way into 4000 hp by using regular prop engines. They were fascinating engines.
@@VRichardsn Yeah
So nice of you, to superimpose your family photo right in the center, NOT! As if YOU are the owner of the film! Hope you are satisfied with your 15 seconds of fame! Channel blocked! 🚫
Um, yeah I made this…
Hate to be the pecks bad boy sorta speak but Hughes designed lots of aircrafts and flew them high in the air and was a great asset for the war but the Spruce Goose flew (if one wants to call that flying) one time and never took it in the "air" ever again. I think Hughes, who had crashed more than his fair share of aircraft, knew it was not a great design and never flew it high in the air around for the cameras to see, then land it in a short few seconds after only getting it a few feet off the water tarmac. The fact it ran only one time and only got no more than 15 feet off the tarmac water shows he was not too convinced of his great achievement either.
There's no indication that the H-4 couldn't have flown even higher - the engineers at Hughes knew what they were doing. Germans had built a plane that was almost as big as H-4 (with just six engines) and it flew fine - here you'll see the plane being tested all the way to higher altitudes ruclips.net/video/dMSqQraQfWk/видео.html Hughes didn't need to fly it higher because he had made his point.
Lol the fact that you said tarmac discredits your argument
Its Hercules!! 😤
Its flight of the HERCULES... the title of this is extremely offensive to his memory, you should change it.
stevo0124 I don't think he cares anymore.
@@TheWolfeFam Then you dont care either? Why did you upload this video unless you werent interested in him?
@@stevo0124 Jesus crist who cares anymore?
Is the same thing your a ignorant
@@JustJohn505 Theres a certain level of respect we should all have for those who have died and contributed to our society in a positive way... maybe not to you but it also helps if you can spell when expressing yourself... seems your lacking on both fronts.
@@stevo0124 the fact that you like your own comment makes it pure comedy gold😂
Cool vid. Too bad the music overshadows the commentary...IMO.
Howard's plane was designed to skim on top of the water to avoid mines while transporting army troops , amunitions ...
Not to fly ..
No it was designed to fly, but it was grossly underpowered due to those propeller engines not delivering the thrust capacity for lift off. If they had used jet engines, this thing would have been a functional flying craft.
People was more daredevil in the past
There seem to be no footage of the exact moment it left water to fly in the air. Never understood why.
yes there is ..
@@rudiknapen4863 Where is it then ?
@@bobafett9245 Just look on youtube for flight of the spruce goose
@@rudiknapen4863 I did
@@bobafett9245 the spruce goose maiden(and only )flight at massive expense ...this is also a short movy where you can see it fly ..okay i agree its not high in the sky but atleast its airborn ..forgive me my english i am from Belgium
So huge!! 😍