November 2...The Final Flight of the Spruce Goose

 

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 193. This time we examine the year 1947 as the H-4 Hercules, the “Spruce Goose”, makes its first and final flight. 

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/

https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz

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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atlantic

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-J-Kaiser

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Howard-Hughes/Later-years

https://allthatsinteresting.com/spruce-goose

https://naturespackaging.org/innovations-in-wood-the-story-of-the-spruce-goose/

https://simpleflying.com/spruce-goose/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_H-4_Hercules

https://www.thetravel.com/spruce-goose-airplane-what-is-it/

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/spruce-goose-flies

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-spruce-goose-mcminnville-oregon

https://nci.edu/2021/09/06/the-history-of-the-spruce-goose/

https://www.evergreenmuseum.org/exhibit/the-spruce-goose/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summa_Corporation

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Photo: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_H-4_Hercules#/media/File:H-4_Hercules_2.jpg