EVB2948441: Aerial view of Hughes Flying-boat seaplane under construction at its dock in Long Beach, 1947. The prototype was named 'Hughes H-4 Hercules', but better known as the 'Spruce Goose' because of its wood (birch) construction. Developed as a troop transport, it was six times larger than any aircraft of its time. On Nov. 2, 1947 it made its only test flight, because the war that caused its creation was over / Bridgeman Images
EVB2948807: Col. Charles Forbes was appointed as first Director of the Veterans' Bureau by President Harding. Forbes controlled a ,000,000 (6 billion in 2010) yearly budget to aid World War I veterans. His corruption resulted in his Feb. 1923 flight to Britain, and upon his return, imprisonment in 1926 / Bridgeman Images