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Spruce Goose
Season 2 Episode 42
During WWII, America was seeking a way to avoid the German submarine fleet that prowled the waters of the Atlantic. Businessman Henry Kaiser would team up with aviation pioneer and film director Howard Hughes to find a way to bypass to this problem. That solution was the largest plane ever constructed. And the amazing thing is that they were going to construct it out of wood. This is the story of the Spruce Goose.
Sources
https://www.evergreenmuseum.org/exhibit/the-spruce-goose/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_H-4_Hercules
Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:H-4_Hercules_2.jpg
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