Hi, It was called The Spruce Goose because much of it was made from layers of pressed and laminated Spruce wood. When I worked at Convair Fort Worth ,1950-57, the B 36 from fully loaded on the ground to in flight at 60,000. feet the wingtips with 6 gas - 28 cylinder Pratt & Whitney pusher engines and 4 jet engines flexed 23 feet. The Spruce Goose was supposed to be more flexible than the B- 36. Take care Charles Wyly On Tue, 1 Jun 1999 10:16:30 -0500 "Monte Neece" <lontour@flash.net> writes: >Don't know about Hughes' genealogy, but his plane is the "Spruce >Goose," not >the Blue Goose. If you do a search for Howard Hughes you get several >sites. >If you search Howard+Hughes+Genealogy you get several more, but I >don't know >if any are the same HH you are looking for. > >Monte Neece > >-----Original Message----- >From: KLPaints@aol.com <KLPaints@aol.com> >To: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com <TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Sunday, May 30, 1999 1:20 PM >Subject: [ERATH] Howard HUGHES & the "Blue Goose" > > >>Re: Howard HUGHES ......... originator of the airplane "Blue Goose". >Is >there >>a web page or a web site that has his genealogical chart? >> >>Karen in CA >> >> >