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	Evergreen Aviation Museum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Evergreen_Aviation_Museum (127 words)

	Encyclopedia: Evergreen Aviation Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		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.
		Evergreen consists of an international cargo airline that owns and operates a fleet of Boeing 747s, an unlimited aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul facility, a helicopter service company, a full service aircraft ground handling company and an aircraft sales and leasing company.
		The Evergreen Aviation Museum A 121,000 square foot facility in McMinnville, Oregon, featuring the famous Hughes "Spruce Goose" Flying Boat, an SR-71, a 1903 Wright Flyer replica, a C-130 cargo plane, a B-17, quite a few fighters and trainers, and general aviation and other aircraft.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Evergreen-Aviation-Museum (975 words)

	Evergreen Aviation Museum - April 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Evergreen Aviation Museum houses many "war birds." This P-40 Warhawk sports the traditional "shark" face used by the "American Volunteer Group" commanded by General Claire Chennault and popularly known as the "Flying Tigers." They were active in China and Burma before the formal start of World War II.
		All the museum docents we met were retired military pilots, eager for an audience.
		The Aviation Museum is a fascinating collection of planes and the men who flew them.
	home.comcast.net /~billdiane2/AirMuseum/airMuseum.html (1340 words)

	Evergreen Aviation Museum - Places by Robert D. West
		OF ROBERT D. The Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville, Oregon originally opened on November 15, 1991, the dream of Evergreen International Aviation Founder and CEO Delford M. Smith and his son, U. Air Force Captain Michael King Smith.
		Captain Smith was killed in an auto accident in 1995, and the museum was renamed in his memory as the Captain Michael King Smith Evergreen Aviation Educational Institute.
		This replica of that airplane was built by Century Aviation in Wenatchee, Washington from plans prepared by the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum from the original plane.
	people.msoe.edu /~westr/evergreen.htm (1449 words)

	USATODAY.com - Travel - News - A rare wooden bird once again draws crowds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The museum opened on June 6, 2001, after restoration of the Spruce Goose by a team of experts and construction of a glass and steel building large enough to house it.
		Michael Smith encouraged his father to bid on the airplane with the intent of having it be the focus of an aviation museum.
		The niece of a World War II flying ace, she came to the museum from her home in the Portland area to celebrate her 66th birthday with her husband and son.
	www.usatoday.com /travel/news/features/2003/2003-05-14-spruce-goose.htm (1444 words)

	SR-71 — Evergreen Aviation Museum, McMinnville, OR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		SR-71 — Evergreen Aviation Museum, McMinnville, OR SR-71 Blackbird
		Evergreen Aviation is a largely unknown but huge air freight carrier.
		The owner established an air museum a few years ago, and the museum gained international recognition when it obtained and moved the Spruce Goose from Los Angeles to Oregon.
	www.visi.com /~jweeks/sr71/nasa-832.html (136 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Evergreen lawyers say that Schaub's claims are "one made-up story after another" and that the museum, best known as the home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose, wouldn't exist without Smith's generosity.
		Jay Goffman, a New York attorney representing the museum, added that Schaub was fired by the museum's board after it was presented with a lengthy report about Schaub's background and his actions as president.
		Evergreen charges the museum $1 a year for its display space and provides office space to museum staff at no charge, Goffman said.
	www.katu.com /printstory.asp?ID=63098 (508 words)

	Thirty Thousand Feet - Aviation Museums
		Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum A museum established to maintain and develop a permanent aviation museum in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada by researching, documenting, retrieving and restoring artifacts, objects and aircraft associated with the aviation history of the Atlantic Provinces.
		The Iowa Aviation Museum Celebrating Iowa's aviation heritage with memorabilia and photographs, eleven civil aircraft on display, including some rare examples of early flying machines from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, and two military aircraft, an A-7 Corsair jet and a Huey Cobra helicopter.
		Museum of Flying Rare collection of World War II fighter aircraft, most of which are in flight ready condition and frequently take part in air races across the US.
	extra.newsguy.com /%7Eericmax/museums.htm (3985 words)

	Short Trips: Big bird rules the roost at aviation museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The futuristic Evergreen Aviation Museum is home not only to the Spruce Goose but a variety of fascinating aircraft, including the world speed and altitude recordholder, the SR-71 Blackbird, and WWII warbirds.
		On behalf of Evergreen International Aviation, Michael Smith proposed to the Aero Club and Disney that his family's company not only would preserve the craft but make it the centerpiece of a new aviation museum designed specifically to house the giant seaplane.
		The Evergreen Aviation Museum today is an ever-expanding facility that not only showcases one of the nation's most unusual and controversial aircraft but also features a fine collection of flying warbirds and the altitude- and speed-record-setting SR-71 Blackbird.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /getaways/201871_shorttrips02.html (1673 words)

	McMinnville, Oregon - Spruce Goose - Evergreen Aviation Museum
		The Evergreen Aviation Museum is at 500 NE Captain Michael King Smith Way, across the highway from the McMinnville Airport and about three miles southeast of McMinnville on Highway 18.
		Evergreen Aviation has built a special 121,000 sq ft museum to house and display the Spruce Goose (Hughes Aviation HK-1 Flying Boat, technically).
		Howard Hughes' wooden WWII plane, the Spruce Goose, is being moved to a new museum in McMinnville, OR.
	www.roadsideamerica.com /tips/getAttraction.php3?tip_AttractionNo==6137 (560 words)

	Evergreen Aviation Museum, McMinnville, OR. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Evergreen Aviation Museum, McMinnville, OR., has recently reconditioned A-4E Skyhawk, BUNO 152070.
		Shortly after arriving at the museum, I had the pleasure of meeting the men who restored the Skyhawk at the Evergreen facility in Phoenix, AZ, Mike McDougall and Mike Searle.
		The Evergreen Museum has become a very special place for Naval Aviation and the men of USS Forrestal.
	www.skyhawk.org /3E/va46/152070-149996-dedication11nov04.htm (538 words)

	Evergreen Aviation Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Evergreen Aviation Museum: McMinnville, OR February 21, 2004
		This is either a restoration or a replica of the plane belonging to the pilot for whom the Evergreen Museum is dedicated.
		The other one is a drone version and is in the Boeing Museum of Flight.
	students.washington.edu /lacena/flight (361 words)

	West Coast Bank Sponsors Interactive Learning Center at Evergreen Aviation Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Evergreen Aviation Museum President Bill Schaub said, "The new West Coast Bank Interactive Learning Center will provide a hands-on aviation experience for visitors of all ages.
		Evergreen International Aviation founder and CEO Delford M. Smith established the museum in memory of his son, Captain Michael King Smith.
		The Museum is located at 3685 N.E. Three Mile Lane, and three miles southeast of McMinnville, OR, on Highway 18.
	www.wcb.com /about_us/news/121302.html (406 words)

	Evergreen Air Venture Museum
		Evergreen Air Venture Museum is a non-profit, tax-exempt, educational and scientific organization chartered in Oregon State for the purpose of preserving and displaying historic flight artifacts and communicating the history of flight and aviation technology.
		Evergreen Air Venture Museum will be a full-service museum, open to the public, and operated to museum standards for exhibits, programs, and collection care.
		The active airfield is a powerful and unmatched complement to the museum that increases the value of the static displays and exhibits.
	www.aero.com /museums/evergreen/evergrn.htm (1769 words)

	Evergreen Press Release
		in a ceremony at the Evergreen Aviation Museum.
		The Evergreen maintenance team is actively seeking continuous training, qualifying EIA employees to be nominated and awarded this national honor.
		Evergreen International Aviation, Inc. is a portfolio of five diverse aviation companies headquartered in McMinnville, Oregon.
	www.evergreenaviation.com /p_releases/041405.html (507 words)

	News-Register.com
		Museum officials credited its unique collection of aircraft and many new additions for attracting record numbers of visitors.
		This July was the museum's fourth busiest month ever, she said, drawing 63 percent more visitors than the previous July.
		Wahlberg said 10 percent of museum visitors come from 1,000 to 3,000 miles away, 15 percent from 500 to 1,000 miles away and 23 percent from 100 to 500 miles away.
	www.newsregister.com /news/story.cfm?story_no=197225 (300 words)

	NW becomes a leader for aviation history
		Together, aviation museums along the Interstate 5 corridor in Washington and Oregon are expected to attract more than 800,000 visitors in 2004 and more than a million in 2005.
		Twenty years ago, aviation buffs interested in the region's rich flying history had to settle for books in local libraries, a retired Air Force jet or two on concrete pylons at air bases and a modest display at the Seattle Center.
		The Museum of Flight at Boeing Field, the regional leader, is considered by some the nation's top non-governmental aerospace museum, second only to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in the diversity, rarity and display of its collection.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/185494_daviation10.html (809 words)

	.: Corvallis Gazette-Times :. Archives
		The Museum is hosting a summer day camp entitled "Voyage of Flight." Children, grades 3 through 8, will have fun learning about the science and history of flight while building gliders, airplanes, rockets and flying radio controlled (RC) aircraft.
		The Evergreen Aviation Museum is known as the home of the world's largest wooden airplane, the Spruce Goose, SR-71 Blackbird and Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat.
		The Museum is located at 500 N.E. Captain Michael King Smith Way, across the highway from the McMinnville Airport and about three miles southeast of McMinnville, on Highway 18.
	www.gazettetimes.com /articles/2005/06/17/lifestyles/family/fam05.txt (271 words)

	Howard Hughes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nominated for 11 Academy Awards, and winning 5, the film takes the usual bio-pic liberties (Ella Rice is not seen or mentioned although Hughes was married to her during the making of "Hell's Angels").
		Focusing on his achievements in aviation and the movies, Hughes's obsessive-compulsive behavior is a major plot thread.
		The fictional Derwent was a millionare aviator and producer during the 1930's and 40's, and even takes credit for the design of a strapless bra worn in one of his movies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Howard_Hughes (4778 words)

	Aircraft - Featured Exhibit
		The centerpiece or "crown jewel" of the Evergreen Aviation Museum is a plane known around the world as the "Spruce Goose." In July 1942, the world was at war.
		The winning organization would have access to land on which to house the Flying Boat and the funding necessary to move and care for her.
		Evergreen International Aviation’s plan, as envisioned by Captain Michael King Smith, proposed to not only preserve and protect her, but also to display her as the central exhibit in a living museum.
	www.sprucegoose.org /aircraft_artifacts/exhibits.html (976 words)

	Evergreen Aircraft Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville, Oregon is only 35 miles southwest of Portland but is a world class facilty.
		The center piece is Howard Hughes' magnificent "Spruce Goose" and it is surrounded by spotless airplanes, interactive displays, and all sorts of aviation artwork.
		This museum should be on anyone's list of aviation places to see.
	home.earthlink.net /~gatheringnomoss/evergreen_aircraft_museum.htm (95 words)

	Evergreen Employment - Job 00302
		McMinnville, OR Evergreen Aviation Museum is seeking a Director of Education.
		Position is responsible for providing leadership and strategic direction for the Museum's educational initiatives while facilitating the museum to play and active role in becoming a resource to the community, schools and youth organizations.
		Evergreen International Aviation, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
	www.evergreenaviation.com /emp/jobs/00302.html (180 words)

	Helicopter Association International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The movie, scheduled to release in Oregon on Dec. 25, includes Evergreen Aviation Museum’s largest attraction, the famous Spruce Goose, which was built near the end of World War II by Howard Hughes.
		The Hughes Flying Boat or Spruce Goose was a forerunner of modern aviation, an American icon that blazed a new trail in mechanical and engineering designs that led the way to large capacity aircraft.
		The museum is in the process of releasing it’s own Dream to Fly documentary narrated by Walter Cronkite, which chronicles the fascinating journey of the Hughes Flying Boat from conception to its final home at Evergreen Aviation Museum.
	www.rotor.com /article.php?sid=1663 (581 words)

	Evergreen Aviation Museum - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Evergreen Aviation Museum - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Evergreen Aviation Museum is a museum which displays a number of military and civilian aircraft.
		The museum's key holdings include the Spruce Goose, as well as the only F-15A Eagle in civilian hands.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Evergreen_Aviation_Museum (132 words)

	PortlandTribune.com \| History is in the air here
		The museum currently is waiting on the dismantling of SR-71 number 61-7971 at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California for shipment, says Mike Wright, the museum’s head of vintage aircraft maintenance and restoration.
		The museum’s star attraction remains the enormous Spruce Goose, considered the biggest plane to have ever flown.
		The museum’s core displays are World War II fighters and bombers — a perfect match for the 100 docents who flew many of the planes.
	www.portlandtribune.com /archold.cgi?id=14816 (794 words)

	Thrill of Discovery Tour \| Tuesday, August 24, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Visit McMinnville's Evergreen Aviation Museum along the way before heading to nurseries that are shipping across the nation and into Canada.
		Evergreen Nursery grows container and B and B nursery stock on 200 production acres.
		Take a tour at the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville, heart of the Willamette Valley nursery and agriculture industry.
	www.farwestshow.com /visitors/tours/tuesday6.html (452 words)

	KATU 2 - Portland, Oregon
		The museum is adding a giant screen IMAX theater, which it is hoping to open this fall.
		Evergreen initially sought to have 35 additional acres brought into the city's urban growth boundary to support future museum expansion.
		Eventually, the museum and the group reached a private settlement in which 9.5 acres was trimmed from the expansion and the museum agreed to rule out several possible uses on site, including anything involving overnight lodging.
	www.katu.com /news/story.asp?ID=75490 (497 words)

	Evergreen Aviation Museum Plans Expansion
		The Evergreen Aviation Museum, in McMinnville, Ore., is planning a $6.9 million expansion including an IMAX movie theater to open this fall, The Associated Press reported last week.
		The museum is best-known as the home of the Spruce Goose, and attendance has spiked recently in the wake of the movie "The Aviator," about Howard Hughes and his airplanes.
		Schaub had suggested that Del Smith, the museum's founder and chief patron, was using museum funds for his personal benefit.
	www.avweb.com /newswire/11_11a/briefs/189337-1.html (135 words)

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