Foreign media generallytake H-6Kas a medium-range and long-rangestrategicbomber, whichthey believe can reach the flying range of 8,000-9,000km when equipped with newengineandavionicssystem.
In 1947, the Hughes H-4 Hercules, an eight-engine flying boat, built by Howard Hughes, made its one and only flight of just over a mile in Los Angeles harbor.