Today we went to the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, OR! they have the largest plane ever flown!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the Spruce Goose! it has a wingspan longer than a football field!, a tailspan wider then the wingspan of a b-17 bomber!, a tailfin higher then an 8-story building!, and they filled the floats with beachballs! it was AWESOME!!!!! right next to the museum is a waterpark with a boeing 747 on top of the building! the 747 had 4 waterslides coming out of the sides!!!!!!!!!! it was also awesome!
Summer's View
We drove down to the Wings and Waves Air Museum in McMinnville, OR. It is an air museum, but it also has a separate area that is a waterpark! Now that is unique! We got a late start, so we didn't get there until 2:00 pm, and had three hours to see the museum and watch a short film.
The main reason we HAD to go there was because this is the home of the Spruce Goose, which is the largest plane ever built that flew! It was designed and built by Howard Hughes back in the 1940's. Needless to say, this thing is MASSIVE! It was impossible to get it all in one photograph! There was an interesting short film about the construction of the plane, and it also covered the history of it right up until it was moved and displayed at this museum.
Another short film we watched while there was a 3D film about some different people who responded as rescuers after the earthquake in Haiti. It was very good, and showed some different perspectives on the event.
Of course, there were planes galore, and they also had a separate building that housed the space museum. They had lots of cool artifacts from many different space missions.
Jim's View
Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum also known as the home of the Spruce Goose. A pretty big plane and a pretty cool place. We have been to several aviation and space museums the past couple of years and everyone has been a great day. This was no exception. Always something new to see and learn.
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