Spruce Goose Cockpit Tour - Evergreen Aviation Museum | Don't Miss This MUST SEE Tour
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 มิ.ย. 2018
- We get to sit in the cockpit of the Hughes H-4 Hercules, better known as the Spruce Goose. Cara sat in Howard Hughes' seat even! We also checked out the rest of the museum and grounds at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon.
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I can tell you guys aren't really plane "nerds" but it's nice to see the excitement you get from the displays anyway. It is a very cool museum and I enjoyed your tour and your enthusiasm!
It's true we aren't nerds for it specifically, but it was still a really cool experience that we really enjoyed. It's always cool to learn about new stuff. Thanks for watching the video!
Howard Hughes is my cousin. I was present in 1982 in Long Beach when The Hercules was put into the dome.
That's so cool!
****WOW, WOW, WOW**** funny. I laughed at the "WOW" factor.
YOU have a good wide angle camera that was crystal clear; interesting video.
Thanks for watching it!
I remember going to see the Spruce Goose in Long Beach back in 1991. Yup, it's pretty big!
It is indeed big.
I have been there and it was such a great experience to sit where Howard sat. I have wanted to see ever since the movie The Aviator came out and I was up in Washington for Christmas a few years ago and this one of the places we visited and it was a great surprise when we got there.
Thank you both!
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching it!
I could tell you stories. 👍😂 I worked for Evergreen for 10 years as a Loadmaster and Operations Manager. Had a few friends that worked at the museum. One, Tony Prutch, took me up into the cockpit and got to sit in that seat before it was open to the public. If you looked back up into the tail section... theres a pair of panties way up in the woodwork up there, just hanging there. 😂😂😂😂 Cant remember who exactly, but some actress that Hughes was dating back in the day... pointed out to me. Anyway, we used to call it the “Birch Bitch” because its actually Birch, and we spent some weekends sanding on the thing when it was still on the other side of the highway out there, before the museum was built (which was built around it). And that 747-200 that is a water park now, used to be one of the planes ✈️ we actually loaded. N472 in fact, is one we took into Khabul Afghanistan for what was called “The Mothers Day Mission Of Mercy” during the war over there. 300,000 pounds of relief supplies was delivered. Anyway, alot of the smaller planes like the Corsair, the B-17, and the P51 Mustang used to be kept in the AMC Hangars at PDX (Portland International Airport), and the mechanic in charge was actually named Mike Wright. This was all before the museum was built. Anyway, I still remember when they first got the SR-71 Blackbird. I was told the development and technology for that sucker was actually underway, wayyyyy back in the late 50’s early 60’s. Makes ya wonder what they have today that we don’t know about. Id say we’re easily decades behind whatever our government has hidden away. Great video!!! 👍👍👍 Sad for me in a way... all the N tail numbers minus the waterpark one, and one thats parked out there on the grounds, are all rotting away in the desert out in Marana Arizona now (Penal Air Park). And I can only reminisce on the good old days when everything was still operating. Take care y’all. Loved the video.
Thanks for all the backstory! So interesting and cool!
It looks huge!! 1947 the year Dave was born 71 years old...wow! How time flies and things evolve.
It was huge! And so crazy that most of it was made out of wood. Hughes was a really interesting man.
One of the best Aviation museums I have ever seen!
Underrated and a must for any aviation buff.
Great video!
She could be a museum guide.
Thanks for posting
Thanks a lot! It is a really cool museum!
Thank you both! How helpful! My daughter and I are headed there, this Spring & I’d never seen the full tour before this. 🙏
Thank you for watching it! We hope you really enjoy it. It's a pretty cool place!
That was awesome guys, always wanted to see the Spruce Goose.
It was something we've always wanted to check out too. Such a cool thing to experience! Thanks for watching!
ITS CALLED THE HERCULES
Thank you!
Very neat guys!! Thanks for taking us along!
Thanks for watching Wendi!
“It only flew one time” but we are about to change that...Jeremy ready 👍Cara ready 👍...let’s go fly a plane ✈️
Awesome video guys, would love to visit some of the places you have been venturing to.
That moonwalker looks awesome as does the replica Apollo
Thanks for sharing 🙂 🚀 ✈️
I wouldn't even trust us with a normal plane let alone that huge one. It'd probably crash. Hehe
It was a really fun place to visit!
Thanks for watching it guys!
This is an Awesome Museum 🤠
Do the full tour on Spruce Goose.
Its definitely worth the additional cost.
It was super interesting!
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Thanks...very neat
Glad you liked it!
looks really cool.......loved how it was at long beach with the queen mary......was such an amazing plane....i think going up to the cockpit is so cool :) wow..you sat where howard hughes once sat...how amazing is that? :) how did he keep track of so many gauges at once? woah....the rest of the museum is pretty cool too! ;) wow a section of the berlin wall too ! what a great museum, thanks for taking us along! :)
I am a little jealous of Cara getting to sit in Howard's seat. There were SO MANY gauges. We really enjoyed visiting this place. Thank you for watching and for supporting us, Mark!
The DC-3 you showed is actually still being flown by small commercial airlines today....
Oh wow. I had no idea. Thanks! They are really cool planes!
So dope tyvm
Thank you for watching it. We're glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome! You guys came to my town! I have been to this museum a few times and it is so cool!
Sweet! So, you're not so far from us. We'll have to check out your channel. Thank you for watching!
Awesomeness! I did a video on the Enchanted Forest amusement park here in Oregon. It's not the best quality but it was my first video of that type, plus the phone I used wasn't the best quality either lol. Thanks for the reply and for checking out my little channel :) Love your videos!
Thanks! I (Cara) have watched your videos and I'm pretty sure I watched your Enchanted Forest one a while ago, but I'll have to check it out again.
Awesomeness! Thank you so much! You guys rock!
Overall Great, fun and nostalgic video (for me). I remember my family bringing me to see it in 1985 or so when it was at Long Beach, Ca.
Anyway, calling the H4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" would have visibly upset Howard in his day. The media of the 1940s called it that and the name stuck, even though as y'all know it's made of almost entirely Birch wood.
Howard Hated when people called it "Spruce Goose". It was definitely a derogatory expression for all his hard work.
Great Video though Y'all. Thank you for sharing.
It is a pretty amazing endeavor. Thanks for watching the video.
I was there today
That's awesome!
The American version of the antonov
It looks to be similar.
Great video,! Thank u for sharing
Thanks for watching!
“Did you just ruin everything for space people?!?!” 🤣🤣🤣🤣
That's what I'm always up to, ruining things for people in space. Hehe
Well you guys were there on a Saturday.
Thanks for watching Beth-Ann L!
👋hey guys!
Hey! Thanks for stopping by!
It's sad how this had so much potential and it only "flew" once...
It is sad. It was a pretty amazing thing that got built.
I think Hughes claimed it was under powered and a little rickety. I don't think he wanted to risk flying it more than he had to because he cared so much about it and he wanted to preserve it. The U.S government actually owned the plane and wanted to scrap it so Howard actually paid millions of dollars to lease the plane from the government and store it, I'm sure he would be extremely happy to know it's still around.
Cool! Is every allowed to climb into the cockpit?
When we did it, it was an extra charge to go into the Spruce Goose after you got into the museum, but you can go almost anywhere in the plane if you take the tour.
Thank you!
180 Gallons per hour. Or 12 Cessna 172's.
wow
First like first comment first view 👌👌
Thanks for checking it out!
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Do you guys got to fly it yet? lol
Sadly, not yet.
Oh well it would’ve been awesome to see it fly again after all these years.