Hughes Flying Boat

It was built from 1942 to 1947 at a cost of $18,000,000 of federal money. It flew once for just over a mile at an altitude of 70 feet on a taxi test by Howard Hughes himself and proving that the plane could fly.

Type	Cargo Aircraft Prototype
First Flight	November 2, 1947
Wingspan	319 ft 11 in
Length	218 ft, 8 in
Height	79 ft 4 in
Empty Weight	300,000 lbs
Gross Weight	400,000 lbs
Normal Crew	18
Capacity	750 troops or 2 Sherman tanks

Last modified: Mon, 09 Jun 2003

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