Why can't the Spruce Goose fly?
Why can't the Spruce Goose fly? It didn't get out of ground effect — about 70 feet — so there is no proof that it could actually fly any higher. Hughes then had the Spruce Goose stored in a hermetically sealed hangar until it was purchased and put on display in a dome near the Queen Mary in Long Beach. At what altitude could WW2 planes fly?
Is the Spruce Goose bigger than a 747?
The 747-100 is actually 13 feet longer than the Spruce Goose, but the Spruce Goo.