Hughes H-4 Hercules
Type: | Flying Boat |
Role: | Strategic Airlift |
Top speed: | 250 mph / 407.98 kph |
Service Ceiling: | 20,900' / 6,370 m |
Range: | 3,000 mi / 4,800 km |
Weight: | 250,000 lbs / 113,399 kg |
Wingspan: | 320′ 11″ / 97.54 m |
Length: | 218′ 8″ / 66.65 m |
Height: | 79' 4″ / 24.18 m |
Power: | 8 3000 hp Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major Radial Engines |
Crew: | 3 |
Designer(s): | Howard Hughes and Henry J. Kaiser |
Manufacturer: | Hughes Aircraft |
Number Manufactured: | 1 |
Country of Origin: | United States |
First Flight: | November 2, 1947 |
Retired: | November 3, 1947 |