McMinnville, Oregon: Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum - The Spruce Goose
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- Address:
- 500 NE Capt. Michael King Smith Way, McMinnville, OR
- Directions:
- Two miles east of town on Hwy 18/Dayton Bypass. On the north side, across the road from McMinnville Municipal Airport.
- Hours:
- Daily 9 am - 5 p.m. (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 503-434-4185
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
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Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum - The Spruce GooseHoward Hughes's "Spruce Goose" is so big, a special hangar had to be built to shelter it. Roadsideamerica.com Report... [10/25/2009]
Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum: We appreciate when a large thing has more going for it than just swollen volume, its builders boldly pushing beyond first-level "World's Largest" thinking. [05/10/2010] Complete Story...
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Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum The Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum has turned an old 747 into a launch platform for its new water slide park, the largest in Oregon. "Wings & Waves" stands next to the museum, a 747 is bolted to its roof, 62 feet above the ground. From within the jumbo jet's interior uncoil various different water slides, ranging from the long but leisurely "Sonic Boom" to the steeply-pitched, high-velocity "Mach 1." Water sliders are eventually jettisoned into the attraction's 92,000-gallon indoor wave pool.
Crash helmets are not required, but nose clips might not be a bad idea.
[RoadsideAmerica.com Team, 06/07/2011]The Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum is best known as the home of the world's largest wooden flying boat, the Spruce Goose, SR-71 Blackbird, the Titan II SLV Missile and the Grumman F6F-3 "Hellcat." In addition, there are more than 150 historic aircraft, spacecraft and exhibits on display, along with artwork, traveling displays, the Spruce Goose Café, the Cosmo Café, the Rotors, Wings & Things store, the Right Stuff Store and Oregon's largest IMAX® 3D theater.
In the spring of 2009, we added to our facility with the opening of the Captain Michael King Smith Firearms Collection.
[Kasey Richter, 03/11/2009]The Evergreen Aviation Museum, McMinnville, Oregon, home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose, has added props from the "The Aviator" to its collection. Four miniatures from Martin Scorcese's film, one with a wing span of 25 feet, will be unveiled on Memorial Day weekend.... [05/20/2005] Complete News Story
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Nearby Offbeat Places
- Alf's - Ice Cream, Burgers, and Monkey, McMinnville, OR - 3 mi.
- Erratic Rock Park, McMinnville, OR - 8 mi.
- Jetliner Home in the Woods, Hillsboro, OR - 13 mi.
- In the region: Harvey The Giant Rabbit, Aloha, OR - 24 mi.
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