Redigerer Hughes Hercules H-4 (avsnitt)

==Disputt og utstilling==
[[Fil:Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat, the "Spruce Goose" at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum.jpg|thumb|upright=2|Hercules i [[Evergreen Aviation Museum]]. A [[Douglas DC-3]] er blitt parkert under vingen for å vise størrelsen på H-4.]]
[[Fil:Hughes H-4 Hercules ("Spruce Goose").jpg|thumb|Hughes H-4 Hercules at Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum]]
Eierskapet til H-4 har vært gjenstand for disputt med den amerikanske regjering som hadde kontrakt på byggingen av flyet.  Midt på 1970-tallet ble en avtale oppnådd hvor [[Smithsonian Institution]]’s [[National Air and Space Museum]] skulle overta [[Hughes H-1 Racer]] og en del av H-4s vinge. [[Summa Corporation]] ville betale 700 000 dollar og få eierskapet av H-4. Den amerikanske regjering ville avstå alle rettigheter og flyet vill bli beskyttet «from commercial exploitation».<ref>{{citation | title = PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION | date = January 24, 1975 | publisher = Smithsonian Institution | page = 91}}</ref> 
: ''For over two years the General Services Administration has been negotiating with Summa Corporation (formerly the Hughes Tool Co.) concerning the disposition of the experimental wooden cargo plane known as the "HK-1" that was constructed by Howard Hughes' company in the 1940's under a Government contract. The "HK-1" is of historic interest, but it is an enormous aircraft presenting major housing and maintenance problems. Within the last few months the Smithsonian has been drawn into these negotiations because of the National Air and Space Museum's interest in the "HK-1" and in another aircraft owned by Summa called the "Hughes Racer." GSA, Summa, and SI are now exploring the feasibility of an arrangement whereby GSA will transfer its rights to the "HK-1" to the Smithsonian, and the Smithsonian will exchange the "HK-1" with Summa in return for a model of the "HK-1" suitable for museum display, the "Hughes Racer," and $600,000. Such an arrangement will also settle any dispute between GSA and Summa regarding existing ownership rights in the "HK-1 and will protect the "HK-1" from commercial exploitation''{{tr}}
:''The National Air and Space Museum acquires the Hughes Flying Boat, HK-1, "Spruce Goose," from the U.S. General Services Administration. The museum decided to retain a 51-foot wing section and return the rest of the craft to the builder, the Hughes Tool Company (now the Summa Corporation). The Summa Corporation donated $700,000 and the historic Hughes Racer (in which Howard Hughes established world records in 1935 dome adjacent to the ''[[RMS Queen Mary|Queen Mary]]'' exhibit in [[Long Beach, California]]. In 1988, [[The Walt Disney Company]] acquired both attractions and the associated real estate. Disney informed the Aero Club of Southern California that it no longer wished to display the Hercules after its highly ambitious [[Port Disney]] was scrapped. After a long search for a suitable host, the Aero Club of Southern California arranged for the Hughes flying boat to be given to [[Evergreen Aviation Museum]] in exchange for payments and a percentage of the museum's profits''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2013/12/future_of_evergreen_air_space.html#incart_river_default |title=Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum's future in doubt as creditors claim Spruce Goose, other planes |publisher=OregonLive.com |date= |accessdate=2014-06-24}}</ref> Flyet ble transportert med [[lekter]], tog og lastebil til sitt nåværende hjem i [[McMinnville, Oregon]] (Om lag 60&nbsp;[[km]] sydvest for [[Portland]], [[Oregon]]),hvir det ble satt sammen av entreprenøren Cargo Company og står nå utstilt. Flyet kom til McMinnville 27. februsr 1993, etter en 138 dagers 1 055 km tur fra Long Beach. Kuppelen brukes nå av [[Carnival Cruise Line]] som dets Long Beach terminal.

På midten av 1990-tallet ble de tidligere hangarene til Hughes Aircraft  på Hughes Airport i California, inklusive den som huset Hercules, omdannet til filmstudio. Scener fra filmer som [[Titanic (1997 film)|''Titanic'']], ''[[What Women Want]]'' og ''[[End of Days (film)|End of Days]]'' ble filmet i den 29 000 m<sup>2</sup> store hangaren hvor Howard Hughes bygde flybåten. Hangaren vil bli bevart som et bygg som kan føres opp i [[National Register of Historic Places|Det nasjonale register over historiske bygninger]] i det som i dag er industri og boligområder i [[Playa Vista]] i Los Angeles.<ref>Freeman, Paul. [http://www.airfields-freeman.com/CA/Airfields_CA_LA_W.htm#hughes "Hughes Airport."] ''Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: California, Western Los Angeles area,'' October 10, 2012.</ref>

[[Western Museum of Flight]] i Torrance, California har en stor samling av bilder og tegninger fra byggingen av Hercules.