Incomplete hull of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the Spruce Goose), the world's largest transport plane (@ Hulton Archive/Keystone/Getty Images)
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- Sure it\s actually made of birch, not spruce…""But \"Birch Lurch\" doesn\t sound quite right
- The man who designed this behemoth was a 20th-century renaissance man.""Who was this icon of American ingenuity?
- This massive craft was designed to carry 750 U.S. troops in full gear…""Or one of these
- Sixty-five years ago, an experimental aircraft lifted off for the first and last time.""In the months leading up to the flight, anticipation was high
