A Visit to the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum
I finally got a chance to visit a place that had been on my bucket list for quite a few years. On a recent trip to the beach I decided to take a small detour and visit the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon. There are a lot of different exhibits and planes to see, so follow along as I share a few of them in this post.
Probably the biggest draw at the museum, both literally and figuratively, is the Hughes H-4 Hercules also known affectionetly as the Spruce Goose. In this shot you can see me struggling to fit the entirety of the giant wooden seaplane into one shot. 😄
A quote from Wikipedia
The Birch Bitch was a more accurate but less socially acceptable moniker that was allegedly used by the mechanics who worked on the plane.
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Here you can see the difference of some of the more average sized planes on the hangar floor compared to the Goose.
A look down the wing toward the fuselage. The wing tip on the other side is some 320 feet away. Taller than the statue of liberty.
Two of the 8 Pratt & Whitney engines that powered the plane.
Visiting the flight deck up these stairs was not in the cards today. Here is a look toward the front of the plane...
And a look toward the back.
In the end the Spruce Goose only had one short flight and never made it into production. It does live on though for future generations to see and marvel at.
A couple of WW2 German fighters. Focke Wulf 190 and a Messerschmidt 262 jet.
Not a plane obvioulsy, but an actual WW2 Bazooka.
A-10 Warthog
A-26 Invader (WW2)
Some relics from the Apollo Program that went to the moon.
Anyone up for a drive on the moon. 😁
I was surprised how tall the lunar lander was. My old memory had it a bit smaller. 😃
And a shot of a Mercury and Gemini capsules that were precursors to the Apollo program.
All in all in was a great experience at the museum! There is so much to see and I have only shared a small part of what was there. I was hoping to see a B-17 or some more WW2 planes but was still happy with what I saw. There is a museum close by to where I live that has more planes from that era so stay tuned for more. 😀
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Photos taken by me, @oldmans, with a Nikon D3300, Samsung Galaxy S20 and some Lightroom post processing.
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Welcome again sr. One months is a little time.
Thanks! :)
I am improving though. I went about 6 months without a long form post not too long ago. :)