{"id":17237,"date":"2015-09-13T09:15:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-13T16:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=17237"},"modified":"2023-01-31T20:35:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:35:32","slug":"air-minded-evergreen-aviation-space-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=17237","title":{"rendered":"Air-Minded: Evergreen Aviation &#038; Space Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We spent a weekend in Portland, Oregon and while there I visited the <a href=\"http:\/\/evergreenmuseum.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evergreen Aviation &amp; Space Museum<\/a> in nearby McMinnville. The Evergreen museum is the current home of the Hughes H-4 Hercules, better known as the Spruce Goose.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"IMG_1571\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/halfmind\/21333403435\/in\/album-72157658078689020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5684\/21333403435_85769e6380_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1571\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hughes H-4 Hercules<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll say this about the Spruce Goose: it has presence. When you stand under it, or indeed anywhere near it,\u00a0it overwhelms. Those eight Pratt &amp; Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major radials, any one of which is large enough to propel a locomotive, seem wholly inadequate to the task of getting this beast airborne &#8230; and yet they did. Was I impressed? Two words: God almighty.<\/p>\n<p>Evergreen consists of three large, well-lit buildings: one display hangar housing the Spruce Goose and a collection of civil and military aircraft generally dating from the early days of aviation to the 1950s; a second hangar\u00a0containing space artifacts, helicopters, and modern jet fighters; and a large theater. Everything is sparkling clean, modern, and inviting, and the display hangars have mezzanine levels where visitors can look down on the aircraft, a feature I love and wish we had more of at my own air museum. The docents (ahem) were presentable and knowledgeable.<\/p>\n<p>I can only speculate on who keeps this operation afloat and how deep his pockets must be. I know the museum went into bankruptcy not long ago and was bailed out by\u00a0a savior or saviors, and for that we should be thankful. Maintenance and cleaning alone must be a major part of the budget, never mind aircraft and exhibit acquisition.<\/p>\n<p>Almost all of Evergreen&#8217;s collection is displayed indoors, with about a dozen aircraft on the grass outside. Probably the\u00a0biggest headache\u00a0at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pimaair.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pima Air &amp; Space Museum<\/a> (where I am a presentable and knowledgeable docent) is that more than half our aircraft are outdoors, unprotected from sun and weather, and show it. This is not generally a problem at smaller museums like Evergreen.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few thumbnail photos from my visit. Click on them to view full-size originals on Flickr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/halfmind\/albums\/72157658078689020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> to see all 107 photos in my Evergreen Aviation &amp; Space Museum album on Flickr.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"IMG_1530\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/halfmind\/21145609928\/in\/album-72157658078689020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/677\/21145609928_c758f66045_n.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1530\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"IMG_1580\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/halfmind\/21322711042\/in\/album-72157658078689020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/734\/21322711042_72f263c974_n.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1580\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"IMG_1520\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/halfmind\/21341733181\/in\/album-72157658078689020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/694\/21341733181_ceeae59664_n.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1520\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"IMG_1601\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/halfmind\/21333358765\/in\/album-72157658078689020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5776\/21333358765_7772b474ce_n.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1601\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"IMG_1514\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/halfmind\/21307257176\/in\/album-72157658078689020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5622\/21307257176_67c3b59dce_n.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1514\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"IMG_1532\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/halfmind\/21307221946\/in\/album-72157658078689020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/711\/21307221946_b2b3d5fddf_n.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1532\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"IMG_1536\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/halfmind\/21307215566\/in\/album-72157658078689020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5711\/21307215566_6cfb157036_n.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1536\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"IMG_1542\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/halfmind\/21146586819\/in\/album-72157658078689020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/604\/21146586819_4262f2cc25_n.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1542\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/center><em data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\">\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?page_id=14450\"><strong> back to the Air-Minded Index<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We spent a weekend in Portland, Oregon and while there I visited the Evergreen Aviation &amp; Space Museum in nearby McMinnville. The Evergreen museum is the current home of the Hughes H-4 Hercules, better known as the Spruce Goose. I&#8217;ll say this about the Spruce Goose: it has presence. When you stand under it, or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1960,3,64,1601],"tags":[1949],"class_list":["post-17237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-minded","category-flying","category-history","category-photoblogging","tag-air-minded-evergreen-aviation-space-museum"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17237"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32715,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17237\/revisions\/32715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}