Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum – McMinnville, Oregon

2015.12.21

Hughes H-4 Hercules Spruce Goose (1947)

See the first page for the early history of the H-4 and more pictures.

Hughes H-4 Hercules <em>Spruce Goose</em> at Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum
Hughes H-4 Hercules <em>Spruce Goose</em> at Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum
Hughes H-4 Hercules <em>Spruce Goose</em> at Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum
Hughes H-4 Hercules <em>Spruce Goose</em> at Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum
Hughes H-4 Hercules <em>Spruce Goose</em> at Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum

The Spruce Goose has been featured (at least conceptually) in live-action and animated films.  The scale model shown below was one of several built for the 2004 film The Aviator.

Scale model of the <em>Spruce Goose</em> with Howard Hughes at the controls
Scale model of the <em>Spruce Goose</em> under the wing of the actual plane

Of course the Spruce Goose is the main draw, but there are lots of other aircraft to see, from the early days of flight to modern jets.  And a second building the same size featuring space flight and even more aircraft that couldn’t fit in the first building.