Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Writer, editor, publisher and fan of all things handwritten. “Giles and I have been fascinated by the story of the H-4 Hercules ...

Bremont’s latest aviation tribute watch, the limited-edition H-4 Hercules, commemorates its namesake wooden aircraft, popularly dubbed Spruce Goose, built in the 1940s. The massive plane—constructed ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: For every legendary airplane like the F-16 Viper or Il-2 Shturmovik that sees large-scale production, history is littered with dozens of promising projects that ...

Most people with a passing interest in aviation know the general contours of the Spruce Goose story: Built by the eccentric Hollywood filmmaker and respected engineer Howard Hughes, the colossal ...

It's for this reason that the H-4 Hercules is better known to the world as the Spruce Goose, though at the time it was also called the Flying Lumberyard by its critics and the Birch Bitch by Hughes ...

British watchmaker Bremont has a well-rounded catalog including divers and military watches, but aviation themes remain at the brand’s core. The newest watch reflecting the founders’ love of flying ...

Industrialist, record-setting aviator, movie mogul, recluse — Howard Hughes was one of America's most accomplished and mysterious figures. When contracted in the '40s to build a military transport ...

Bizarre Rehash of “Spruce Goose” History May Mean Stratolaunch Only Flew Once. In what seems like an event bizarrely reminiscent of the single flight of the failed Hughes H-4 Hercules, or “Spruce ...

Industrialist, record-setting aviator, movie mogul, recluse — Howard Hughes was one of the most accomplished and mysterious figures America has ever produced . . . and, in the end, one of the most ...