McMinnville, Oregon: Spruce Goose and Space Museum
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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McMinnville, OR, once known simply as The Walnut City, has opened the Captain Michael King Smith Aviation Educational Institute, featuring the fabled "Spruce Goose" flying boat once belonging to billionaire Howard Hughes.
... [06/10/2001] Complete News StoryHoward Hughes' wooden WWII plane, the Spruce Goose, is being moved to a new museum in McMinnville, OR. The famed boondoggle was dismantled and shipped from its longtime tourist attraction hangar in Long Beach,CA, to McMinnville in 1992....
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Spruce Goose and Space Museum
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)
- Phone:
- 503-434-4180
- Admission:
- Museum $20. Extra $ to tour the Spruce Goose flight deck.
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
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