Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The front page of the Deseret News on Nov. 3, 1947, reporting that Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" had had a short flight. Editor’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On November 2, 1947, Howard Hughes built and piloted the world's largest airplane, the 200-ton flying boat Spruce Goose, on its ...

“Spruce Goose,” the 200-ton, eight-story-tall flying boat belonging to millionaire Howard Hughes, is shown during the one time it ever flew, Nov. 2, 1947. It is seen traveling 33 feet above the ...

On this day in aviation history, 78 years ago (November 2, 1947), the Hughes H-4 Hercules made its first – and only – flight. More commonly known as the Spruce Goose, the H-4 was a prototype flying ...

Nov. 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1889, North and South Dakota became the 39th and 40th states of the union. In 1920, in the first significant news broadcast, KDKA in Pittsburgh reported the ...