Sleeping Goose

The "Spruce Goose"

Sleeping Goose

Sleeping Goose

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I arrived in McMinnville, Oregon at night and I wanted to be sure I could find the Evergreen Air and Space Museum before I went to stay at a motel. I got to see the massive Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat (The Spruce Goose) asleep in the closed museum.
World's Largest Goose

World's Largest Goose

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The massive Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat (The Spruce Goose) at the Evergreen Air and Space Museum. With an enormous wingspan of 320 ft. 11 in. (94.54 meters). If it were parked across a football field the wingtips would hang over the end zones.
World's Largest Goose

World's Largest Goose

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The massive Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat (The Spruce Goose) at the Evergreen Air and Space Museum. With an enormous wingspan of 320 ft. 11 in. (94.54 meters). If it were parked across a football field the wingtips would hang over the end zones.
Starboard Side Wing

Starboard Side Wing

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The starboard side wing of the massive Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat (The Spruce Goose) at the Evergreen Air and Space Museum. With an enormous wingspan of 320 ft. 11 in. (94.54 meters) each wing is about 150 feet long. If it were parked across a football field the wingtips would hang over the end zones.
Port Side Wing

Port Side Wing

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The port side wing of the massive Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat (The Spruce Goose) at the Evergreen Air and Space Museum. With an enormous wingspan of 320 ft. 11 in. (94.54 meters) each wing is about 150 feet long. If it were parked across a football field the wingtips would hang over the end zones.
Engines

Engines

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The port side engines (in cowlings) and 17 ft. 2 in. propellers of the Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat (The Spruce Goose) at the Evergreen Air and Space Museum. There are eight of these 28 cylinder, 3000 horsepower, Pratt and Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major 4 row radial engines on the Hercules for a total of 24,000 Horsepower.
Props To The Designers

Props To The Designers

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One of the 3000 horsepower, 28 cylinder Pratt and Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major 4 row radial engines (inside a cowl) and a 17 ft. 2 in. propeller of the Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat (The Spruce Goose) at the Evergreen Air and Space Museum.
Tall Tail

Tall Tail

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The 113 foot wide and nearly 80 foot high tail of the Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat (The Spruce Goose) at the Evergreen Air and Space Museum.
Howard Huge

Howard Huge

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The cockpit of the Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat (The Spruce Goose) at the Evergreen Air and Space Museum. The pilot's seat where Howard Hughes controlled the aircraft on it's one and only flight.
Flight Deck

Flight Deck

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Flight deck of the massive Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat (The Spruce Goose) at the Evergreen Air and Space Museum.
Belly Of The Beast

Belly Of The Beast

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Inside the fuselage of the Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat (The Spruce Goose) at the Evergreen Air and Space Museum.
Wild Goose Chase

Wild Goose Chase

08 Aug 2018 136
A model of the factory and the building of the Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat (The Spruce Goose) at the Evergreen Air and Space Museum. This model was used in filming of the movie "The Aviator".
Goose Wing

Goose Wing

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A model of the factory and the building of the Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat (The Spruce Goose) at the Evergreen Air and Space Museum. This model was used in filming of the movie "The Aviator".
Pontoon

Pontoon

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A model of the factory and the building of the Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat (The Spruce Goose) at the Evergreen Air and Space Museum. This model was used in filming of the movie "The Aviator".