Evergreen Aviation Museum

Hi All,

We worked eight of the last nine days, earning ourselves five consecutive days off again. This time we are off to Portland, OR. 

Along the way, we visited the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinville. This huge museum has original aircraft, many in flying condition, from the earliest days of aviation to modern military and commercial jets. 

The centerpiece of the collection is the enormous Spruce Goose built by Howard Hughes near the end of WW2. With eight turboprop engines, this craft has a wingspan greater than any other aircraft ever built. You can Google "Spruce Goose" to get the whole story in Wikipedia.

One aircraft had a wonderful history. It was a C-47, the military equivalent to the venerable DC-3. This plane was built in 1943, dropped paratroopers over France on D-Day and later flew over 5,000,000 miles as a commercial airliner. 

Carl enjoyed this even more than the Oregon Country Fair ;-).

Love
Sandy & Carl

Photographed and sent from Carl's iPhone

Spruce Goose towers over other aircraft and our tour guide

B-17 Bomber from WW2

P-38 Lightning-notice the drip pans under each engine. They take these babies out and fly them!

P-40 Flying Tiger from the China Theater in WW2

ME-262 German Fighter- first operational jet aircraft

Soviet Era MIG-29

Lunar Module from the Apollo Program. Carl's first job after college was working on this spacecraft at Grumman

Replica of the Mars Rovers Spirit & Opportunity