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The Sprace Goose
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Jan 21-1991
SPRUCE GOOSE
Long Beach, California
The fabulous Spruce Goose, the largest plane ever built; wingspan,
320 feet; length, over 218 feet; tailspan, 113.5 feet; vertical tail height,
49.5 feet; gross weight, 400,000 lbs.; eight Pratt & Whitney 3,000 hp
R-4360 radial reciprocating engines; eight 4-bladed Hamilton-Standard
propellers over 12 feet in diameter. The mammoth seaplane flew only
once on November 2, 1947. The Spruce Goose is now on display under
the biggest clearspan aluminum dome in the world, located next to
the Queen Mary.
Queen Mary & Spruce Goose.
OFFICIAL SOUVENIR
P3282
Photo: Gunnar Kullenberg
© Mike Roberts
Ptm Oakland, CA 94623
