On Wed, 19 Aug 2015 19:13:26 -0700, trainman41@verizon.net wrote:
>I think it it could have been developed in a reasonable time, it could
>have been a very important aircraft. But Howard Hughes being the man
>he was...lost interest in the plane..and as time went by technology
>passed it by...and left it just a curiousity. As a side note..since
>it was designed, built and made its only flight in Southern California
>that's where it should of remained, instead of being shipped up to
>Washington state...just my opinion
Actually, it is in McMinnville OR.
>On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 14:30:57 -0800, "Mike Henley" <mhenley@bak.rr.com>
>wrote:
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>>"Therefore" <therefore@sciencefiction.com> wrote in message
>>news:49b156a5$1$25625$b9f67a60@news.newsdemon.com...
>>> Is there any information as to whether or not the Goose
>>> would have accomplished the mission it was built for.
>>>
>>> I have read that only one test was flown just above the water
>>> for a few yards only
>>> ....................Leslie
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>>Here is a posting from a pilot in the Hughes Tool Company aircraft division
>>telling about a conversation that he had with the chief engineer of the
>>aircraft.
>>
>>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3897/is_200406/ai_n9455603
>>
>>He says there was a problem with the ailerons. I have also read articles by
>>other people who said they didn't think the airframe could survive the
>>pounding from storms in the Atlantic.
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