Original Cotton Swatch Fabric from the Upper Rudder Section of the HK1 Hercules Spruce Goose
Excellent Condition and framed
Frame Size: 21.5" inches by 15.5" inches
Swatch Size: 2.5" inches by 2.75" inches
"This genuine swatch of grade A cotton fabric is from the upper rudder section of the HK 1 and was removed during restoration work performed in 1992 by Dawn Patrol Aviation of Exeter, California.
In the early days of WWII, German submarines were sinking Allied shipping at an alarming rate. In an attempt to combat this dire threat, American industrialist and shipbuilder Henry Kaiser proposed building a fleet of huge flying boats to fly men and material across the Atlantic, out of reach of the German submarines.
Kaiser joined forces with fellow millionaire industrialist Howard Hughes to produce the HK 1 Hercules, the largest aircraft ever built. Built almost entirely of wood to avoid depleting America's precious wartime metal reserves, the HK 1 was not completed until after the war had ended.
Hughes flew the HK 1 for the one and only time on November 2, 1947."
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