Hughes H-4 Hercules

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Hughes H4 Hercules
Image requested
Type Flying boat
Author(s) Unknown
FDM JSBSim, YASim
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Status Beta
Download link=http://cvs.flightgear.org/viewvc/data/Aircraft/H4-Hercules/ CVS

Version: v0.68 Status: BD/BE

The H-4 was designed as a super-large transatlantic cargo aircraft. The need for it evaporated when the war ended, although Hughes went on to fly it in 1947, It was maintained in ready to fly condition until his death. The surviving example is at the Evergreen Aviation Museum.


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