Fri, Mar 05, 2004
New Addition Joins Spruce Goose
The Beech Starship has
joined the world’s most famous flying boat and the world's
fastest aircraft at McMinnville (OR). The three aircraft are among
those housed in the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville,
thanks to a recent donation from Raytheon Aircraft Company. The
Starship joins Howard Hughes’ Spruce Goose, an SR-71
Blackbird and more than 50 historic airplanes and helicopters at
the 2 1/2 year-old museum. The all-composite Starship –
the first composite aircraft certified by the FAA -- paved the way
for Raytheon Aircraft’s new business jets, the Beechcraft
Premier I and Hawker Horizon.
"The Beech Starship is a great addition to our display," said
Gary Arnold, Museum Vice President of Operations. "It represents
the aviation industry’s continuing need to innovate, to
advance our knowledge and capabilities – much like the SR-71
and the Spruce Goose." This is the fourth museum donation for the
Starship. Earlier donations were to the Kansas Aviation Museum in
Wichita, the Staggerwing Museum in Tullahoma (TN) and the Southern
Museum of Flight in Birmingham (AL).
The Evergreen Aviation Museum completed 2003 with its
celebration of the 500,000th visitor since its June 6, 2001
opening. In just two and a half years, the museum has seen a record
number of visitors and has continued its reputation as one of
Oregon’s top visitor attractions. The public continues to
enjoy the interior access of the Spruce Goose cargo deck, the
supersonic SR-71 spy plane, and the rare historic aircraft
collection. The museum is in the process of creating an improved
Spruce Goose Café and opening a new interactive center for
children. The West Coast Bank Interactivity Center recently opened
and includes three new children’s exhibits: a pitch, yaw,
roll demonstrator, a fluid flow tank, and a Bernoulli
Machine.
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