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Watch the Spruce Goose’s journey from Long Beach, California, at its new home at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum. In 1942, Henry Kaiser, steel magnate, and shipbuilder brought the idea to build a massive flying boat to Hollywood director and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes.
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26 lip 2021 · Did you know there’s a building in Long Beach that once housed a 200-ton wooden airplane? Built in 1983 at a cost of $25 million, the dome was originally built to house the Hughes H-4 Hercules...
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum is the home of the iconic Hughes Flying Boat - The Spruce Goose. In addition to an SR-71, A-10, and more.
The Spruce Goose remains on display and open to the public at the Evergreen Museum to this day. In the museum’s original pitch to the Aero Club, it promised to protect the aircraft and display it intact in perpetuity.
Evergreen Museum Tours allow guests to make the most of the visit. You can take advantage of a private tour of the Spruce Goose cockpit or a guided tour of both our museums with one of our expert Docents.
In 1980, the H-4 was acquired by the Aero Club of Southern California, which later put the aircraft on display in a very large geodesic dome next to the Queen Mary ship exhibit in Long Beach, California. The large dome facility became known as the Spruce Goose Dome.
20 sty 2014 · On November 2, 1947, off California's Long Beach harbor, the seaplane became airborne for about a mile and reached an altitude of about 70 feet. Saying it needed more development, Hughes stored...
