July 16, 1945: This is the wing of the Hughes Hercules, called by its builders the biggest plane in the world, nearing completion in the Hughes Aircraft Company plant in Culver City. The wing is 320 feet from tip to tip. This photo was published in the July 17, 1945, Los Angeles Times.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: John T. Burns / Associated Press
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July 16, 1945: This is the hull of the Hughes Hercules, called by its builders the largest plane in the world, in construction at the Hughes Aircraft Co. plant at Culver City. The hull is 220 feet long, 30 feet high and 24 feet wide. The aircraft is now known as the Spruce Goose. This photo was published in the July 17, 1945, Los Angeles Times.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: John T. Burns / Associated Press
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July 16, 1945: Two workmen stand in the interior of the hull of the Hughes Hercules seaplane, which will have a cargo space equivalent to that of two railroad boxcars when it is completed at the Hughes Aircraft Co. plant in Culver City. The aircraft is now known as the Spruce Goose.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: John T. Burns / Associated Press
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June 11, 1946: Police escort and movers pause under the wing of the Hughes Hercules. The wings were being moved from Culver City to Long Beach. This photo was published in the June 12, 1946, Los Angeles Times.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Paul Calvert / Los Angeles Times
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June 11, 1946: The wings of the Hughes Hercules aircraft sit in Hermosa Beach as the move is halted for a lunch break. This photo was published in the June 12, 1946, Los Angeles Times.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times
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June 11, 1946: The wings of the Hughes H-4 Hercules aircraft, now known as the Spruce Goose, are moved from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City to Long Beach. The move took two days as movers traveled at 2 mph. In Long Beach the aircraft was assembled and flown in 1947. This photo was published in the June 12, 1946, Los Angeles Times.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times
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June 12, 1946: The right wing of Hughes H-4 Hercules, followed by left wing, rounds turn off Pacific Coast Highway onto Santa Fe Avenue in Long Beach on its way to harbor. This photo was published in the June 13, 1946, Los Angeles Times.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Paul Calvert / Los Angeles Times
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June 12, 1946: The left wing of Hughes H-4 Hercules rounds turn off Pacific Coast Highway onto Santa Fe Avenue in Long Beach on its way to harbor.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Paul Calvert / Los Angeles Times
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June 14, 1946: The hull of the Hercules leaves the Hughes Aircraft plant for overland trip to Long Beach. This photo was published in the June 15, 1946, Los Angeles Times.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Paul Calvert / Los Angeles Times
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Nov. 2, 1947: With Howard Hughes at the controls, the $25 million Spruce Goose flies above Los Angeles Harbor. A similar photo was published in the Nov. 3, 1947, Los Angeles Times.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times
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