Howard Hughes(spruce content)

Watched a good bio of HH on A&EBio. I've always felt, and watching that reitterated that thought, that watching the H-4 taxi and take off, Hughes prolly had it at 100% power, and realized the lumbering behemoth could not lift higher after it lost ground effect lift. Hughes, ever the daredevil, would certainly have flown it at least in a go-around pattern had it been capable of doing so. The claims that it could carry 70+ troops, tanks and jeeps would have been clearly disproved had he attempted, and failed a go around. JR Dweller in the cellar

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