The Evergreen Aviation Museum is an aviation museum which displays a number of military and civilian aircraft, most notably, the Spruce Goose. The museum is located in McMinnville, Oregon near the headquarters of Evergreen International Aviation. The museum was founded by Michael Smith, a former pilot in the United States Air Force and an executive at Evergreen Aviation. A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ... A civilian is a person who is not a member of a military. ... An aircraft is any machine capable of atmospheric flight. ... Hughes H-4 Hercules The Spruce Goose is a nickname commonly given to the Hughes H-4 Hercules, an aircraft designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft company, Howard Hughes plane company. ... McMinnville is a city located in Yamhill County, Oregon. ... Evergreen International Aviation is a global aviation services company based in McMinnville, OR. They are primarily known for Evergreen International Airline, which flies Boeing 747 cargo planes to destinations around the world. ... Captain Michael King Smith Raised in McMinnville, Oregon, Michael King Smith graduated from McMinnville High School 1984. ... Aviators are people who fly aircraft either for pleasure or for a job. ... The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aviation branch of the United States armed forces. ...

The Spruce Goose

SR-71 instrument panel

Image File history File links The Spruce Goose as seen from the Evergreen Aviation Museum. ... Image File history File links The Spruce Goose as seen from the Evergreen Aviation Museum. ... Download high resolution version (960x720, 152 KB) SR-71 Blackbird flight instrumentation. ... Download high resolution version (960x720, 152 KB) SR-71 Blackbird flight instrumentation. ...

Key Holdings

• Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
• de Havilland D.H.-100 Vampire Mk.52
• Douglas DC-3A
• Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor Tin Goose
• Hughes Flying Boat, H-4, HK-1 Spruce Goose
• Lockheed P-38L Lightning
• Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird
• McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle (the only one in civilian hands)
• Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-10 Gustav
• North American P-51D Mustang
• Northrop T-38A Talon
• Russian Foton-6 Space Capsule
• Supermarine Spitfire Mk. XVI

A B-17 on a bombing run. ... A Royal Canadian Air Force deHavilland Vampire The de Havilland Vampire, or DH.100, was the second jet engined aircraft commissioned by the Royal Air Force during WW II, although it never saw combat. ... The Douglas DC-3 is a fixed-wing, propeller-driven aircraft which revolutionised air transport in the 1930s and 1940s, and is generally regarded as one of the most significant transport aircraft ever made (also see Boeing 707 and Boeing 747). ... The Ford Trimotor was a three engine civil transport aircraft first produced in 1926 by Henry Ford and continued until about 1933. ... Hughes H-4 Hercules The Spruce Goose is a nickname commonly given to the Hughes H-4 Hercules, an aircraft designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft company, Howard Hughes plane company. ... P-38 may also refer to the P-38, an army-issue can opener, or to the Walther P38 handgun The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was one of the most important American fighters of the Second World War. ... An SR-71 in flight The Lockheed SR-71 Type A, unofficially known as the Blackbird, is a long-range, advanced, strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed from the Lockheed YF-12A and A-12 aircraft by Lockheeds Skunk Works (also responsible for the U-2 and many other advanced aircraft). ... An F-15 executing a zoom-climb takeoff in afterburner The Boeing (formerly McDonnell Douglas) F-15 Eagle is an American-built, all-weather, extremely maneuverable, tactical fighter designed to gain and maintain air superiority in aerial combat. ... (Bf 109 was the official Reichsluftfahrtministerium designation, since the design was sent in by the Bayerische Flugzeugwerke company. ... The North American P-51 Mustang was a successful long range fighter aircraft which entered service in the middle years of World War II. Mostly used to escort bomber raids over Germany, the P-51 was a key factor in the defeat of the German Luftwaffe and, by the middle... The Northrop T-38 Talon is a US-built supersonic jet trainer for military pilots. ... Foton (or Photon) is the project name of two series of Russian science satellite programs. ... Spitfire in action The Supermarine Spitfire was a single-seat fighter used by the RAF and many Allied countries in World War II. The Spitfires elliptical wings gave it a very distinctive look; their thin cross-section gave it speed; the brilliant design of Chief Designer R.J. Mitchell...

External link

• Museum web site