Howard Hughes Plane

Evergreen Air Museum, Oregon. Largest plane made of wood, Flew once during a demonstration for the press. Plane below it in the video is a SR-71 Blackbird

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[rockfolly]

Where is it ?

[trass97]

EverGreen Air Museum about 50 miles south of Portland Oregon.

[garfieldUSA]

so , is this plane active or just for a display?

[trass97]

Just for display, i had be to dissasembled from it's original location in a hanger in california (i think) and then reassembled there at the museum

[gnrdude]

yOU Tell them BASTARDS in Houston it's MR HUGHES!

[maDWhiteBOy1]

great man

[Dinosorable]

And they say the Antonov 225 is the largest plane in the world. WRONG!

[strizhi]

I am so glad they put her back together. What a marvel...the 8th wonder of the world I have to see.

[kirkconway]

then shipped on a barge upto mc minville oregon to wait for the museum to be finished.

then wrap taken off and reassembled and repainted in the original shade of med gray silver,and put in the museum as the centerpiece for all to admire as an aviation marvel to show that lg size isnt a limiting factor to flight.

[kirkconway]

@trass97

it was moved from the terminal island hanger where it was since 1947. and floated out to the channel

the hanger flooded once and the propeller's were damaged on the cieling.

it was moved to the channel painted this off white protective color and then moved to a point next to the Queen Mary for tourists to look at in a geodesic dome.

It did ok there for a few yrs.

but then had to be moved again.

It was taken apart and the part's shrink wrapped against the weather.

[kirkconway]

@trass97

yes you are right.

i saw it in 83 going over the terminal island bridge in Long Beach,

the wing's were under giant tent's.

and as we were going under the bridge?

I saw it in the yard on the lower side of the bridge on the east side.

I also saw it in a news picture in the unioin tribune in san diego yrs ago with the picture of the top of the wing's in the middle of the fusalage.

would never fly again, too risky and too valuable as an aviation museum piece.

[fallingwatersnz]

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[Firespectrum122]

@gekkewaus YES!

[therocklabels]

it's a shelter from it's own

[tonytntking]

Howard, foi um gênio, um homem bem à frente de seu tempo.

[gekkewaus]

@Firespectrum122

And it will fly Godammit!!!!!