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	Boeing: News Feature - Spruce Goose and Boeing Airplanes on Display at Oregon Museum
		Hughes' H-4 Hercules Flying Boat, better known as the "Spruce Goose," is the centerpiece of a new Northwest aviation museum opening this week in McMinnville, Ore.
		The Spruce Goose is being refurbished and visitors can see that work under way, said Bill Schaub, museum president and general counsel.
		The museum staff hopes to eventually open the interior of the Spruce Goose to the public.
	www.boeing.com /news/feature/sprucegoose (336 words)

	HERCULES H4 AIRCRAFT THE SPRUCE GOOSE AND HOWARD HUGHES
		The Spruce Goose is a nickname commonly given to the Hughes H-4 Hercules, an aircraft designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft company.
		In 1980 the Spruce Goose was acquired by the California Aero Club, who successfully put the aircraft on display in a large dome adjacent to the Queen Mary Exhibit in Long Beach, California.
		The Spruce Goose demonstrated that the physical and aerodynamic principles which make flight possible are not limited by the size of the aircraft.
	www.solarnavigator.net /aviation_and_space_travel/hercules_the_spuce_goose.htm (652 words)

	reviewjournal.com -- News - MEMORIES OF SPRUCE GOOSE
		Smith and Glenn were longtime Hughes Aircraft Co. employees who served on the 18-man crew that flew with Hughes on the flying boat that the news media sarcastically called the "Spruce Goose." Hughes hated the term.
		Only three members of the Spruce Goose crew are still living, and the two Douglas County residents hope to be around to attend the 60th anniversary celebration next year at the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville, Ore., an hour southwest of Portland.
		With a 320-foot wingspan, the Spruce Goose covers most of the museum hangar where it and 80 other planes are displayed.
	www.reviewjournal.com /lvrj_home/2006/Jun-12-Mon-2006/news/7883865.html (1000 words)

	Spruce Goose: Where Is It Now?
		At the time I wrote this, the "Spruce Goose" was sitting, seemingly forgotten, under a temporary structure at the Evergreen Aviation facility on Highway 26, across the highway from the museum that was completed in 2000 in which it now resides as the centerpiece of the wonderful Evergreen vintage aircraft collection.
		During a break in the hearings, he flew back to California to conduct a test on the "Goose", it was during this test the accidental flight took place.
		The Spruce Goose was intended to carry up to 750 fully equipped troops, or two Sherman class tanks.
	www.aafo.com /goose (976 words)

	The Straight Dope: How come Howard Hughes's "Spruce Goose" flew only once?
		Somewhere it was written that Hughes detected a vibration or pulsating in the aircraft frame or in the control wheel right after he lifted off and decided to set the H-4 back down rather than take a big risk that it would be uncontrollable if he gained more altitude.
		However, the average person is thinking: Of course Howard Hughes flew the Spruce Goose only once (it wasn't spruce, by the way--it was mostly made out of birch).
		As if to demonstrate that he hadn't defrauded the government, Hughes, who always test-piloted his own planes, flew the H-4 about a mile in less than a minute during what was supposed to be a taxiing test on November 2.
	www.straightdope.com /columns/020726.html (804 words)

	First and Last Flight of HK-1 Spruce Goose
		The Spruce Goose will now be refinished and then donated to the Evergreen Air Museum in McMinnville Oregon, where the actual HK-1 is located.
		Yes, the goose is open, has been for about a year now as I flew down there last summer and went in, but you cant go far.
		The Spruce Goose has a special meaning to me as my grandfather, Don Shirey, was part of the flight crew on the planes first and last flight in 1947.
	www.rcuniverse.com /forum/First_and_Last_Flight_of_HK-1_Spruce_Goose/m_2325343/tm.htm (1700 words)

	Hughes Aircraft - Spruce Goose - Display model airplane
		The Spruce Goose is the largest airplane ever built and probably the most prodigious aviation project of all time.
		It was conceived early in World War II to provide the means to transport troops and supplies across the submarine-infested waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
		The Spruce Goose was completed too late to participate in the war.
	www.einsteins-emporium.com /technology/aviation/famous/abx60.htm (234 words)

	Bambooweb: Spruce Goose
		The Spruce Goose is a nickname commonly given to the Hughes H-4 Hercules, an aircraft designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft company.
		Though the project was always unlikely to produce a useful aircraft given the technological limitations of the era, the H-4 Hercules in some senses presaged the massive transport aircraft of the late 20th century, such as the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy and the Antonov An-124 and An-225.
		The Spruce Goose demonstrated that the physical and aerodynamic principles which make flight possible are not limited by the size of the aircraft.
	www.bambooweb.com /articles/s/p/Spruce_Goose.html (505 words)

	H-4 Spruce Goose \| Strange Vehicles
		The famous eccentric Howard Hughes' Flying Boat the Spruce Goose was the largest airplane ever built, it was almost six times larger than any aircraft of its time.
		The Spruce Goose was 218 feet long, and had a wingspan of 319 feet (98m).
		It was finished in 1947 after the war ended and made just one historic flight and was never flown again.
	www.diseno-art.com /encyclopedia/strange_vehicles/H-4_spruce_goose.html (92 words)

	CNN.com - US - Spruce Goose gets new nest - September 18, 2000
		The wooden aircraft was derisively nicknamed the Spruce Goose even though it was crafted almost entirely from laminated birch.
		Years later, on September 16, 2000, the Goose moved across Highway 18 to its final home at the museum, which left one wall intentionally unfinished so that the pieces of the plane could be moved inside.
		The museum and the Spruce Goose are expected to be completed next spring for the facility's grand opening.
	www.cnn.com /2000/US/09/18/spruce.goose (623 words)

	Brainboost - when did the spruce goose fly
		my complaint with this in the original was that the action took place in 1941, and the spruce goose flew in 1947.
		On the 2nd of November 1947 Hughes flew the Spruce Goose for just over a mile..
		Biggest of all was the Hughes Hercules - better known as the "Spruce Goose." Its wingspan was half again that of a 747, and it stood eighty feet high.
	www.brainboost.com /search.asp?Q=when+did+the+spruce+goose+fly&lfmq=1 (132 words)

	CNN.com - US - Spruce Goose gets new nest - September 18, 2000
		The wooden aircraft was derisively nicknamed the Spruce Goose even though it was crafted almost entirely from laminated birch.
		Years later, on September 16, 2000, the Goose moved across Highway 18 to its final home at the museum, which left one wall intentionally unfinished so that the pieces of the plane could be moved inside.
		The museum and the Spruce Goose are expected to be completed next spring for the facility's grand opening.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/US/09/18/spruce.goose (623 words)

	Entertainment & Lifestyle \| kgw.com \| News for Oregon and SW Washington
		Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" glides over the water in this Nov. 2, 1947, file photo in Long Beach, Calif. In 1947, Hughes flew the Spruce Goose to prove a point to Sen. Owen Brewster, R-Maine, who led the Senate War Investigating Committee.
		Only three members of the Spruce Goose crew are still living, and the two Douglas County residents hope to be around to attend the 60th anniversary celebration next year at the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville, Ore., where the Spruce Goose has been hangared since 2001.
		With a 320-foot wingspan, the Spruce Goose covers most of the museum hangar where it and 80 other planes are displayed.
	www.kgw.com /lifestyle/stories/kgw_061506_life_spruce_goose.8af705e4.html (1065 words)

	Hughes Aircraft - Spruce Goose - Display model airplane
		The Spruce Goose is the largest airplane ever built and probably the most prodigious aviation project of all time.
		It was conceived early in World War II to provide the means to transport troops and supplies across the submarine-infested waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
		The Spruce Goose was completed too late to participate in the war.
	www.science-store.com /technology/aviation/famous/abx60.htm (234 words)

	Spruce Goose
		Further, in the absence of a Hughes will, legal agreements were about to be enforced that called for the cutting up of the Spruce Goose for distribution to nine Smithsonian museums.
		The Hughes Flying Boat, much to Hughes’ disdain, is commonly known as the “Spruce Goose” and is still the largest aircraft ever built even with the recent introduction of the European Airbus 300.
		This handcrafted giant aircraft was constructed using all hardwood birch (no spruce) and built by the finest cabinet makers from all over the world.
	www.theaviatorhh.com /sprucegoose.htm (1984 words)

	"Good Lord, Meriwether! That Goose Is Spruce!" (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Spruce Goose has only been on display in Oregon for the last few years, whereas Lewis and Clark came through in 1805.
		We'd been thinking about the Northwest for some time, and, if you remember, five years back we had left the Corps of Discovery heading from the Three Forks of the Missouri up over Lemhi Pass in Idaho (In the Bootsteps of Lewis and Clark (9/97)).
		The Spruce Goose, more properly Hughes HK-1 (H-4) Flying Boat, is literally beyond description.
	hometown.aol.com /ejoannmc/spruce.htm (1038 words)

	Exotic Wood spruce,
		Famous for one of its members being used in the Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" seaplane, the genus Picea consists of 40 to 50 species that grow mostly in North America, Europe, and Asia.
		both sides of a spruce sample plank (note: the plank is spliced, thus the odd pattern on the end grain and the line about 1/3rd of the way down the face)
		spruce guitar fronts --- given the very bland appearance, I have to assume that spruce is used because it has good tonal qualities.
	www.hobbithouseinc.com /personal/woodpics/spruce.htm (193 words)

	Lockett Photography Print Catalog: Spruce Goose
		The wing of Howard Hughes Flying Boat (popularly known as the Spruce Goose) is the largest of any airplane in the world.
		Spruce Goose is barged across Los Angeles Harbor on February 11, 1982
		Spruce Goose is moved into its new hangar on February 11, 1982
	www.lockett-photography.com /Print%20Catalog%20Spruce%20Goose.htm (558 words)

	Spruce Goose.
		Called the Holy Grail of tonewoods, this instrument is crafted of Red Spruce from the forests of Labrador.
		Our tonewood supplier selects the trees to be taken from the sheltered North side of hills, and personally splits the felled blocks apart with axe and froe to ensure that the grain of the timber runs straight.
		At 13 by 6.5 by 1/4 of an inch thick, this shell weighs a mere 14 ounces and is finished with French Polish over an emerald green aniline dye.
	www.stanbridgedrums.com /Pages/1spruce.html (179 words)

	The Spruce Goose In Long Beach (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Goose was invented by Howard Hughes, and built by his General Manager of Hughes Aircraft, Glenn Odekirk,in 1947, to be the largest transport plane in the world.
		It was, however, quite a magnificant achievement in aeronautical engineering, and to view it in person, one is in awe that it could fly at all.
		The Goose's Cockpit with a Howard Hughes "Dummy" in the Pilot Seat.
	www.mine-engineer.com /photo/goose1.htm (252 words)

	Evergreen Press Release
		McMinnville, OR; May 26, 2006—In its first year being bottled, the Evergreen Vineyards Spruce Goose 2004 Oregon Pinot Gris has won one of the wine industry’s most prestigious awards—a silver medal in the Dallas Morning News Wine Competition.
		The Spruce Goose Pinot Gris can be sampled daily alongside the entire Evergreen family of wines at the Evergreen Vineyards newly opened tasting room located inside the Evergreen Aviation Museum.
		The Evergreen family of wines includes 2002 Spruce Goose Oregon Pinot Noir, 2004 Spruce Goose Oregon Pinot Gris, 2004 Jardiniere Rose, 2004 Spruce Goose Oregon Pinot Noir and Spruce Goose Semi-Sparkling Oregon Pinot Noir Grape Juice—a sophisticated, non-alcoholic sparkling juice.
	www.evergreenaviation.com /p_releases/052606.html (311 words)

	NewsRegister.com / Glory Restored: The Spruce Goose Finds a Home
		The Michael King Smith Memorial, a U.S. fighter plane, points toward the Spruce Goose Museum, where preparations are being made for opening day Wednesday.
		All Eyes on the Goose - As the sun rose on a pristine Saturday morning, migrating Canada geese took flight from fields near the McMinnville Airport.
		The Spruce Goose fuselage is in front of the museum.
	www.newsregister.com /ss/goose (375 words)

	Evergreen Air Venture Museum
		With an official proclamation of 'Spruce Goose Day in Portland,' thousands of fans came to waterfront park on October 22nd to welcome the Flying Boat to Oregon.
		Joining the convoy on February 27,1993 for a Spruce Goose Homecoming Parade down the final mile were vintage military vehicles, classic automobiles, antique fire and farm equipment, equestrian groups, school bands, and Scout troops.
		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.
	www.aero.com /museums/evergreen/evergrn.htm (1769 words)

	XPlanes - Spruce Goose (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Built largely out of wood, it was known as the 'Spruce Goose'; with a wingspan of 320 feet it would have carried 700 troops.
		The concrete floor has been completed and is ready to receive the fuselage of the "Spruce Goose." Surrounding roof supporting structures have been completed and the roof is in place.
		Several of the men who worked on the "Spruce Goose" during its manufacture, and a couple who were present when it flew, were part of the disassembly team.
	www.drivearchive.co.uk /xplanes/goose.htm (1353 words)

	Spruce Goose Hughes HK-1 Wooden Model ~ Post Flight Shop @ flyingclippers.com
		In the summer of 1942 industrialist Henry Kaiser proposed construction of "an aerial freighter." Granted a government contract to build a fleet of these aircraft, he joined forces with Howard Hughes to construct these massive flying boats.
		The aircraft was built almost entirely of laminated birch, not spruce as the name suggests.
		On November 2, 1947 with Howard Hughes personally at the controls, the $28 milllion Spruce Goose lifted off from the waters of Long Beach Harbor, remaining airborne 70 feet above the water at a speed of 80 mph (130 km/h) for just under a mile (1.6 km).
	www.flyingclippers.com /postflight/mahk1wdn.html (201 words)

	Evergreen Museum -- Spruce Goose
		This is the pit and supports upon which the Goose is resting in the museum.
		Howard, Zip and Rose watching the video of the Goose's journey to McMinnville, in several sections [the Goose; not the movie.
		Standing under the Goose with stealth plane in view and 114-foot long Titan II missile.
	www.starmillway.com /sgoose05/index.html (337 words)

	Visiting the Spruce Goose Photo Picture Page
		In a rush to get some touristy things done around Portland before we move away, we made the trek to McMinnville, Oregon to visit the Spruce Goose at the Evergreen Aviation Museum.
		The plane itself is massive on a scale that is hard to imagine.
		If you are in the Portland area and are interested in aviation you owe it to yourself to go see this one.
	www.knick-knack.com /pics/spruce_goose_2005.html (126 words)

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