Bing Quiz: Seventy-five years ago today, this wooden ‘bird’ made its first and only flight. What was its name?

Bing Quiz: Seventy-five years ago today, this wooden ‘bird’ made its first and only flight. What was its name?

A Spruce Goose
B Balsa Blue Jay
C Cherry Canary

Technically, the plane was really named the Hughes H-4 Hercules, after creator Howard Hughes. Critics who doubted it could be completed and then fly nicknamed it the ‘Spruce Goose’ in jest. The name stuck, even though they didn’t even get the wood right. The Goose was actually built out of birch.

Answer: Spruce Goose.