McMinnville, Oregon: Spruce Goose and Space Museum
RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report
Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum
- Address:
- 500 NE Capt. Michael King Smith Way, McMinnville, OR
- Directions:
- Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum. Two miles east of town on Hwy 18/Dayton Bypass. On the north side, across the road from McMinnville Municipal Airport.
- Hours:
- Daily 10-5 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 503-434-4180
- Admission:
- Museum $20. Extra $ to tour the Spruce Goose flight deck.
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
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Howard Hughes's "Spruce Goose" is so big, a special huge museum had to be built to shelter it. Large, modern jets are parked outside to entice travelers.
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Beautiful facility, and yep, The Spruce Goose, but at $54.00 admission for the two of us, we took pictures from the lobby and headed on to the next adventure.
[Andrew Fishpaw, 10/24/2017]
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.
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