History: Spruce Goose, Hughes H-4 Hercules

Service ceiling: 20,900 ft (6,370 m)
Notable appearances in media
In the 1988 biopic Tucker: The Man and His Dream, a pivotal meeting between automaker Preston Tucker and Howard Hughes takes place in front of the Hercules, within its hangar, where Hughes briefly tells Tucker that whether the Hercules flies is not the point, as well as how to circumvent the "establishment" and Senator Ferguson.