Give the rationale and then the answer. Is the following statement true?
"Howard Hughes failed in his ambitions to fly the Spruce Goose."

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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The Spruce Goose is probably one of Howard Hughes's most famous failed ideas. The final answer: yes.