Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum

97128 McMinnville, OR, United States of America (USA) (Oregon )

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Among the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum's military and civilian aircraft and spacecraft is the Hughes H-4 Hercules, popularly known as the Spruce Goose.

As of 2019, two exhibit centers are open to the public: The original structure is the aviation center with the Spruce Goose as centerpiece. Other aircraft, spanning the entire history of aviation, are arranged in the building, some parked under the wings of the Spruce Goose or suspended from the ceiling.

The space flight center is in a building the same size as the aviation center. Because there are fewer space-related holdings, the center includes a large number of panels and other displays that chronicle the history of space flight. Visitors can operate flight simulators for landing the space shuttle as well as for docking a Gemini capsule and performing a moon landing of the Lunar Excursion Module. The building also exhibits overflow holdings from the aviation center, usually the higher-performance jet aircraft.

2 of the main attractions of the space flight center are a Titan II missile and a SR-71 Blackbird. The Titan II sits upright in a specially constructed display extending two stories below the floor, silo fashion. The exhibit includes a re-created missile control room furnished with furniture and equipment donated from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

The museum's many volunteers include former aviators who flew the planes on display. Their detailed descriptions and real-life commentary help bring the planes and their days of flight back to life. The museum also offers a number of film presentations on the development and use of the aircraft, along with hands-on displays demonstrating various principles of avionics.

An F-15 Eagle is displayed on a pedestal in front of the EIA headquarters across the highway from the museum.

A smaller building has a seven-story IMAX theater. A radio control air flight field is located behind the aviation center, near a group of Soviet-built armored vehicles, including two T-34/85s, a T-55 and 2 armored personnel carriers.

Key holdings

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire Mk.52
Douglas A-1 Skyraider
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
Douglas C-47
Douglas DC-3A
Foton-6 Space Capsule
Grumman TF-9J Cougar
Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird
Hughes H-4 Hercules
North American T-39 Sabreliner
Martin Titan II SLV Space Launch Vehicle
Titan IV
McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
Messerschmitt 262 (Reproduction by Legend Flyers)
Mikoyan Guryevich MiG-17 A "Fresco" (true Russian version)
Mikoyan Guryevich MiG-21MF "Fishbed-J"
Mikoyan MiG-29 "Fulcrum-A"
NASA X-38 V-131R
Supermarine Spitfire Mk. XVI
Mercury Space Capsule
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-10/U-4 610937

Also on display are many aircraft engines and helicopters, reflecting Evergreen Aviation's original helicopter fleet.

Wings & Waves Waterpark opened June 6, 2011. The 71,350-square-foot (6,629 m2) waterpark, Oregon's largest, features 10 slides and a 91,703-gallon wave pool with the intent of tying into the educational focus of the Evergreen Museum Campus with its "Life Needs Water" interactive display in the H2O Children's Science Center. The four big slides begin inside a retired Boeing 747-100 that sits atop the roof, 62 feet (19 m) above the splash landing.

The Waterpark was bought by The Falls Event Center in 2017, and is now run as a separate organization.

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