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18-MAY-2007 Henry Schilling

Spruce Goose

McMinnville, Oregon

The Howard Hughes HK-1 Hercules AKA the “Spruce Goose”. It got it's name because it is built out of wood (birch not spruce BTW). Built in the 1940’s buy the billionaire recluse Howard Hughes. It flew only once for about a mile at around 80 feet. It is now housed at the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville Oregon.


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Henry Schilling19-Aug-2007 20:30
Thanks all!!!! The rest cand be seen here:
http://www.pbase.com/hjschilling/spruce_goose

hjs
Guest 22-May-2007 05:06
Thanks for look at the museum. I have put it on my places to visit list.
Janet Forjan-Freedman20-May-2007 12:44
Very cool! Thanks Henry for sharing the story and the capture! Janet
Suzette A Paduano19-May-2007 16:15
Wow! thats cool!
Guest 19-May-2007 16:15
Some monster for those days.. thanks for sharing..