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Offline BennyBeaver

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« on: June 07, 2007, 06:24:22 PM »
Has anyone been down to the oregon aviation meusum where the SPRUCE GOOSE IS? Its in my home state so ive been there 100's of times...Well i give tours there on all the differant planes. Come on down, see the "goose". bf 109s....p51d....remnants of a shot down a6m2....spitfire 14....b17 bomber.....c47 dakota....blackbird spy planes....huey helo.....cobra helo.....migs.....f14's...a upcoming imax...various tanks which have no lables...(complained about that...)...f4u4 Corsair...ya'know and more!

also i am related to FREDERICK NOONAN ther navigater for amelia earheart on her 1937 attempt to circumnavigate the globe. (didnt do a very good job :D )



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« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2007, 06:25:22 PM »
Saw the Spruce Goose when it was originally in Long Beach.  Amazing that such a beast was able to fly.


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« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2007, 06:57:39 PM »
Ive always wanted to go there,one of these days i'll get my butt over the hill and see it
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« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2007, 07:14:16 PM »
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« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2007, 07:28:21 PM »
Yup, been there a few times.  Changes all the time so each time is like the first.  Looking forward to go the the new IMAX they just opened there.  :aok

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« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2007, 08:24:29 PM »
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Originally posted by BennyBeaver
Has anyone been down to the oregon aviation meusum where the SPRUCE GOOSE IS? Its in my home state so ive been there 100's of times...Well i give tours there on all the differant planes. Come on down, see the "goose". bf 109s....p51d....remnants of a shot down a6m2....spitfire 14....b17 bomber.....c47 dakota....blackbird spy planes....huey helo.....cobra helo.....migs.....f14's...a upcoming imax...various tanks which have no lables...(complained about that...)...f4u4 Corsair...ya'know and more!

also i am related to FREDERICK NOONAN ther navigater for amelia earheart on her 1937 attempt to circumnavigate the globe. (didnt do a very good job :D )



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<-- Spruce Goose





<-- My House

It's the Evergreen Aviation Museum though, but you'd know that, working there and all...

It's not a Spit 14, it's a Spit 16, but you'd know that, working there and all.

The Imax opened last month, but you'd know that, working there and all.

It's an FG-1D Corsair, not an F4U4, but you'd know that......

Never took a guided tour myself, which apparently is a good thing as the staff there apparently don't know much.
« Last Edit: June 07, 2007, 08:32:22 PM by TinmanX »
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« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2007, 08:49:44 PM »
I live up in Washington.  I'd love to see the Spruce Goose and the other nifty planes and do plan to visit it -- maybe later this summer with my girlfriend, who also would like to see that plane.  Benny, when I do, I'll send you a PM to see if you'll be around and invite you out to dinner with us after the museum.  I'll see if Tinman would like a free dinner with us, too, as long as he wants to join us and isn't too curmudgeonly. :)
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« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2007, 08:50:15 PM »
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Originally posted by TinmanX
<-- Spruce Goose





<-- My House

It's the Evergreen Aviation Museum though, but you'd know that, working there and all...

It's not a Spit 14, it's a Spit 16, but you'd know that, working there and all.

The Imax opened last month, but you'd know that, working there and all.

It's an FG-1D Corsair, not an F4U4, but you'd know that......

Never took a guided tour myself, which apparently is a good thing as the staff there apparently don't know much.



OWWWwwww.......bet thats gonna leave a mark.
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Offline 715

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« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2007, 08:57:25 PM »
In that picture of the Spruce Goose in "flight"- is it still in ground effect?  Or does having high mounted wings get it out of ground effect?  And why do transport planes always seem to have high mounted wings with no dihedral?

(Hey.. you never know, there might be an aircraft expert here who could actually answer that for me. ;) )
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« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2007, 10:23:31 PM »
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Originally posted by Brooke
I live up in Washington.  I'd love to see the Spruce Goose and the other nifty planes and do plan to visit it -- maybe later this summer with my girlfriend, who also would like to see that plane.  Benny, when I do, I'll send you a PM to see if you'll be around and invite you out to dinner with us after the museum.  I'll see if Tinman would like a free dinner with us, too, as long as he wants to join us and isn't too curmudgeonly. :)


You might want to pick a cooler time of the year. The museum itslef is built like a greenhouse with no air conditioning and apparently no plans to install any either. The Imax and future Space Center do have a/c though.
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« Reply #10 on: June 07, 2007, 10:33:41 PM »
I didn't realize there was such a collection of a/c there. I'll have to drive up and then head out over to the Tillamook Air Museum. Haven't been there in years...

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« Reply #11 on: June 07, 2007, 10:43:59 PM »
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<-- Spruce Goose





<-- My House

It's the Evergreen Aviation Museum though, but you'd know that, working there and all...

It's not a Spit 14, it's a Spit 16, but you'd know that, working there and all.

The Imax opened last month, but you'd know that, working there and all.

It's an FG-1D Corsair, not an F4U4, but you'd know that......

Never took a guided tour myself, which apparently is a good thing as the staff there apparently don't know much.


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« Reply #12 on: June 07, 2007, 11:07:42 PM »
Trap and I went to the air museum in Eugene too, kinda small but neat for $5 bucks. Been to the tillamook air museum also, pretty damn huge and intimidating in the blimp hanger! I mean it even has it's own indoor clouds!

Still gotta get up to the Goose though. Trap and I are planning on heading up there sometime this summer. Being in Eugene it's not to far.

How many pilots in AH are in Eugene anyway?
Or the general area?

As an aside, I went to OSU. GO BEAVS!!
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« Reply #13 on: June 07, 2007, 11:10:29 PM »
We have a museum here in Eugene? heh i didn't know that.

Lived in Corvallis for 15 years. Just moved down here 6months ago.`
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« Reply #14 on: June 08, 2007, 07:13:46 AM »
Saw it in Long Beach back in the 90s, tell no picture does that plane justice in terms of size...that is one big bird
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