Hughes H-4 Hercules 'Spruce Goose' #3 by goodoleboy
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Captured circa 1982, in beautiful Long Beach, California, and adjacent to RMS Queen Mary.
Infinitely better in ZOOM.
These are five heavily postworked fotos, captured on film under very poor lighting conditions with my old Pentax-built Sears KS-2 SLR, within a huge dome structure specifically constructed to house this awesome behemoth. Photo #5 depicts the dome that covered it. The Spruce Goose is not a red orange color, and just looks that way due to the sexy esoteric lighting provided. I have no idea why they chose to display it that way. Even with the dark milieu, you can still see the folks, dwarfed by the big guy, all lined up to go inside to take a peek at the vast interior. Photo #2 shows the crowd entering the huge bowels of the Goose on the port side. I also went inside, and finally remembered why I didn't take any shots after entering: there were so many bodies stacked up around me I couldn't even see the interior!
Although there are still some spare pics lying around in my Hercules files, this winds up this miniseries on the big bird, so I hope you enjoyed this venture into the past, when film was king of the photography world.
Cheerybye.
Comments (9)
That plane is incredible!
Nice work on these truly amazing photos, Harry
The people really are dwarfed by this monster; I'm surprised it ever made it off the ground, it certainly looks more seaworthy than airworthy! And isn't that just the way of it, sell so many tickets for viewing that the people who show up can't even see it for the other viewers. Oh well...you got some great shots, Harry, a true challenge given that these are old film shots from back in the dark ages. Well done and kudos for your postworking efforts on these gems!
Nice work Harry. I did get inside and got a couple of pictures inside the fuselage. I'll get one posted in the next day or so. When we were inside there were only one or two others. I didn't get to the flight deck...there was a cost of $25 to do so or $50 for a VIP tour.
Really incredible my friend, thank you for sharing!
Good work on this monster.
My parent met while working for Hughes aircraft many years ago, I have heard some very interesting Howard Hughes stories, including the famous he wore Kleenex boxes on his feet. But he sure had a way with the planes, not afraid to push the limit.
Great shots and good to see that huge building required to house the thing!!! lol Wonderful and glad they did not scrap it! Rob
It's a realy fantastic shots!!!