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IWC Da Vinci Replica has produced everything, from diving watches to Jaguar E-Type watch, but their first love is aviation. This latest release pays tribute, in part, to an incredible piece of aviation history, the Spruce Goose.

The H-4 Hercules is the name of the new watch. This large, massive aircraft was originally intended to transport allied tanks across the Atlantic during World War II.

Howard Hughes, a billionaire philanthropist who was also an aviation pioneer, secured US government contracts in 1942 to build ambitious transport planes. It was a plan to understand the war's progress post Pearl Harbor. The Hughes design had a wingspan that was 320ft. This was far greater than any other aircraft built at the time.Franck Muller Replica Watches The Stratolaunch's first flight, a twin-fuselage rocket designed to launch rockets into orbit, was indeed larger than any other aircraft ever built. This was until April 2019, when Paul Allen, a billionaire philanthropist from Microsoft, realized his legacy.

Hughes couldn't access all of the computing power available today to build his craft back in the 1940s. Because of its limited availability and weight, Hughes had to build most of his craft in wood. The project was criticized by the US Congress for years. They claimed that the massive plane could not be lifted off the ground. It was nicknamed the Flying Lumberyard and the Spruce Goose. Hughes didn't like the name partly because it was made from birch and not spruce but mostly because he was obsessed about proving his critics wrong by building a plane of size and power that was unlike anything else.

Spruce Goose

Although the plane did land, it did so in 1947, long after the end of the war. It flew only for about one minute. It was a stunning sight, in front of the huge crowds that gathered on the beach.Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Replica The magnificent vessel was just short of 80 feet high and had eight engines that produced 24,000 horsepower. It also had the ability to carry two Sherman tanks across the Atlantic.