The Spruce Goose and its journey from Long Beach, CA to its new home in McMinnville, OR at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum
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@afenijmeijer90273 жыл бұрын
Thank you to those people who saved this aeroplane. What a story . From South Africa.
@talknottome44778 жыл бұрын
thank goodness this piece of history has been preserved. too much of history is destroyed and forgotten about,
@talknottome44778 жыл бұрын
It is wonderful that people care to preserve their history, I wish my country had the resources and enthusiasm to do the same
@horaceball54185 жыл бұрын
I agree with you that the United States is the most wonderful nation ever! No wonder everyone wants to live here!
@77Avadon774 жыл бұрын
Yeah sadly now they're trying to burn down our history.
@edwardjones96315 жыл бұрын
Toured inside that Spruce Goose at Long Beach back in 80s. It's about as large as a 747! Great wood craftsmanship!!
@darrendoyle5684 жыл бұрын
Edward Jones wish I could’ve and wish it would have stayed in Long Beach
@QuanLeTravel4 жыл бұрын
It's BIGGER than the 747.
@77Avadon774 жыл бұрын
@@QuanLeTravel it used to be the biggest aircraft in history right? Isn't that aircraft that launches spacecraft now the widest wingspan?
@924gaming23 жыл бұрын
Way bigger than a 747
@maxsterling20043 жыл бұрын
I lived in SoCal at the time this all happened and had mixed feelings about sending her so far from her home. But after all is said and done, I'm incredibly thankful she being looked after as well as she is.
@dh2032 Жыл бұрын
aboat plane so far from water? yes, but as you said, there where going to scrap it? how signed up to that idea? but the building was only ever leashed why, I wonder what they are doing with it now, like it not really much use for anything else? anways it nise to see it being looked after
@theantiquefanatic8 ай бұрын
Amazing Story about an Amazing Plane!! So thankful for those that care about preserving history!!
@dday92576 жыл бұрын
Howard Hughes was beyond a genius.He was a one of a kind man.If he was in his youth today can you imagine the things he would be able to engineer with today’s technology?
@RoughOnStuff5 жыл бұрын
D Day iron man.
@degeweb23386 жыл бұрын
I am Muslim in Indonesia, love American your struggle really amazing!!! Huge respect for Howard Hughes
@jonmacdonald53453 жыл бұрын
Happy Ramadan toots
@lilorbielilorbie24967 жыл бұрын
i was lucky enough to go on the Spruce Goose when it was in Long Beach CA. it was/is a awesome piece of work.
@largol33t16 жыл бұрын
I also saw it when it shared the pier with the Queen Mary. Now both are gone. :( On the other hand, someone cares enough to keep them from being scrapped so I don't feel bad that I'd have to make separate trips if I wanted to visit either attraction in the future.
@Paiadakine5 жыл бұрын
largol33t1 the queen mary is still there.
@jonmacdonald53453 жыл бұрын
@@Paiadakine Not anymore the SJWs cancelled it saying it was Racist and promoted toxic masculinity
@Chris_WG5 жыл бұрын
I like seeing so many care about these things as I do.
@RiceBerg Жыл бұрын
"It's called THE HERCULES!" I emphatically counter as I grab the closest object within grasp and chuck it at Juan Trip's general direction.
@jasonthompson7436 жыл бұрын
I remember it at the dome did a tour of both the Mary and the goose
@ianwalton2844 жыл бұрын
Another reason to dislike Disney Corp. Like we need anymore.
@77Avadon774 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing it down there in California as well, when I was just a kid. I'm glad it's here in Oregon.
@jasonthompson7434 жыл бұрын
Not me it's that much further to. Drive well then again maybe it's better off with u up there it was going to be probably would have ended up as chips in a dump had u guys not taken it. The amount of development that probably will never be matched in pure skill as engineers with. Very little in knowledge of what is possible and what is not for them to build it and I believe it would have done exactly what it was designed for and Hughes knew it was a marvel . Very little in appreciation did people have in its extream feat of engineering and still until his death he cherished and protected the impossible feat he accomplished.im in awe of its capabilities .how many planes today could haul what it could and how many can take the forces of the water landings and even still yet be. Not made of much metals .insane.just like him (Howard) was. But still makes me laugh at the thought of it being just a bit below Boeing the competition. In its final landing both naval and aeronautical.
@terryherrera52523 жыл бұрын
DATS ONE GIANT PLANE !!!!! Howard da GENIUS !!!! Thanks for preserving HER !! FELLOW TeXaN !!❤️❤️🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🎶🎶🇨🇱🇨🇱👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🖖🏼🖖🏼🖖🏼
@cutter0435 жыл бұрын
She needs to be flown....
@Mykford15 жыл бұрын
My grandpa helped build the dome in LB. I got to visit him while he was welding but the plane wasn’t in the dome yet. I was really young and don’t remember much of my visit but I do remember the inside of the dome was unbelievably huge.
@TuffBurnOutTeam5 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you guy's saved it i salute all the people involved Australia
@anthonynelson91363 жыл бұрын
Had the opportunity to see this aircraft in Long Beach. You were able to go inside of it and see just how immense it really was. Had WWll not ended when it did, the Hercules would have been a great asset.
@drivewaystar64853 жыл бұрын
This is so cool. Who in their right mind would make a decision to destroy that beautiful machine?
@hackneysaregreat6 жыл бұрын
Stunning project and plane.
@timbarnett38984 жыл бұрын
My neighbor in Oregon City fished an guided on Willamette an Clackamas river's an was hired by this moving crew to guide river portions! Melvin was a great fisherman, logged each catch in receipt folders boxes!
@AkagiZillo153 жыл бұрын
Its cool going on carnival and you go on the ship through the domed hangar where it uses to be. People just walk through and im like i know what used to be here
@kevincozens68376 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing it in Long Beach. I don't recall that it was possible back then to go inside it.
@TuffBurnOutTeam3 жыл бұрын
Gee beautiful job moving it
@larrymmcclain6 жыл бұрын
This is a very interesting video about the H-4 Hercules and it's move to Evergreen Air Museum. I visited the Evergreen Air Museum June 20, 2015 I still have the general admission ticket! :)
@megadarren29 жыл бұрын
A beautiful plane wish it would have stayed in Long Beach
@heha97527 жыл бұрын
Darren Doyle I live in Oregon. So I don't
@TuffBurnOutTeam5 жыл бұрын
Your lucky it got saved at all be greatiful
@ianwalton2844 жыл бұрын
Ha. I grew up 30 miles from it in Long Beach. Then I moved to Oregon and it followed me here. Now I live 30 miles from it in McMinville.
@andrewkessinger59663 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this thing being rebuilt in the museum building.
@robertlewis19653 жыл бұрын
You're very lucky!!!
@andrewkessinger59663 жыл бұрын
@@robertlewis1965 I work in McMinnville now and drive by it every day
@jamescrego59043 жыл бұрын
BRAVO!!!✈✈✈✈♥️♥️
@antoniomoreno31422 жыл бұрын
What a Nation is U.S.A !
@EMDSD40T27 жыл бұрын
I drive by it everyday.
@MrNacho-xs2jy4 ай бұрын
I've seen this plane before!
@victabeer39603 жыл бұрын
The exact dates of every single part of assembly really helped .lol
@terrilynlofing4148 Жыл бұрын
My ex husband's grandfather built the Spruce Goose dome in Long Beach.
@joekurtz83033 жыл бұрын
Sad to see her go, it has a nice home now. Go see H1, enjoyed this video, made a lot of news here in LB. Lack of ticket viewers doomed her stay where she first flew.
@electrolytics2 жыл бұрын
Even then the news media screwing things up. "Certainly, I like to make surprises." "You were surprised?" "No! I said I like to make surprises!"
@JiZz2Xtreme5 жыл бұрын
*Her name is the Hercules!.. and it will FLYYY goddamn it!!*
@nowheretosit6 жыл бұрын
You never see test flights in public anymore. Today it's all about media image.
@369VIDEO5 жыл бұрын
Fui hoje ao museu está em perfeitas condições parabéns
@quinnreverance6115 жыл бұрын
GUYS THE EVERGREEN AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM WHERE THIS PLANE IS BEING CARED FOR MIGHT SHUTDOWN!!! SAVE THE SPRUCE GOOSE!! SAVE THE MUSEUM 😭😭😭😭😭😭
@rogerdodger84156 жыл бұрын
What a great plane. He couldn't do it today. There'd be some eco-nut complain about cutting down trees to make it.
@jonmacdonald53453 жыл бұрын
Back then loggers would just kick those hippies asses!
@DEVASTATOR4789 жыл бұрын
gooooodd Job !!
@dirttdude3 жыл бұрын
Most people don't get it, i sure didn't.... But one day i put my eyeballs, which are in my face right on that thing and no words can prepare a person for what they are about to see before they walk in there. Then, you know, as if the size of the thing isn't mind bending enough, it flies! In the air....
@rogermurray90582 жыл бұрын
November 2,1947 75th Anniversary Spruce Goose Howard Hughes used Jet Power 🔋gone Higher
@MrJoe1129uscg5 жыл бұрын
It never got out of ground effect....we'll never know if it could have flown
@Peoplemvr3 жыл бұрын
You must have a miserable life.
@minihoopboys4630 Жыл бұрын
I see her tomorrow 😂
@ACEDIAMOND6663 жыл бұрын
Howard Hughes is my cousin. He'd be happy to know the plane is cared for and preserved. However, he fucking hated it being called by "that name". It's "The Hercules". The last person to call it "Spruce Goose" in his presence he grabbed by the throat, slammed into a wall, and then my cousin threw that person through a window that was not at ground level. That's called a "Flying Lesson" in my Father's side of my family, The Hughes Family. I can assure you that I have endured many "flying lessons" as a kid. Never piss us off.
@Capt_Frost8 жыл бұрын
Make it fly.
@Capt_Frost7 жыл бұрын
Ian Stevenson Lol yeah, it is unfortunate. Allthough I wonder if, using modern materials, if there would be a way to construct a 1:1 scale working replica...
@ragazzi254 жыл бұрын
Should have left it in Long Beach,CA...Where was to actual hangar where it was kept for 33 years??
@joekurtz83033 жыл бұрын
It's all container shipping dock & storage now.
@KlaxontheImpailr2 жыл бұрын
0:54 Imagine being hired to film a guy filming something else
@earthstewardude3 жыл бұрын
who ever did this video really screwed up at the end! We got to see a second or two of it in the museum? How lame!
@ADogNamedStay5 жыл бұрын
They could of you know, just flown it there.
@derekkbom5 жыл бұрын
this plane never "flew" for more than a few hundred feet and was solely designed to take off from the water.
@joekurtz83033 жыл бұрын
We had a huge Martin Mars seaplane here when SoCal was shopping for water dump aircraft for fires. Watched it takeoff, similar in size to H1, taxied out by Belmot pier, pointed west, took over a mile of sea surface to get takeoff speed & finally lifted off- ocean tides/ not bad in our breakwater protected port. It was a Sight to see. 🛫👀
@sxsboy22534 жыл бұрын
It’s my understanding that Evergreen Avation is now in financial tourmoil and just sold another piece of war- time history, their B-17, in order to avoid bankruptcy.
@jslade603 жыл бұрын
Have some respect do not ever and I mean ever referred to it as the spruce goose if he respect Howard Hughes!
@whydontmynameswork4 жыл бұрын
What a shame that it didn’t stay at its home in Southern California.
@EDavis-iw4zc8 жыл бұрын
Where the hell is McMinnville
@spacedoutmonkey6687 жыл бұрын
E. Davis in oregon
@MJLeger-yj1ww6 жыл бұрын
McMinnville is north of Salem, OR, but south and a bit west of Portland, Oregon.
@lilbluecrew9286 жыл бұрын
E. Davis its in Oregon
@andywerner8385 жыл бұрын
And your being disrespectful calling it that
@nowheretosit6 жыл бұрын
12 liberals didn't like this piece of Americana history.
@xxtwr16 жыл бұрын
It's conservatives that don't believe in science.
@nonetaken78736 жыл бұрын
I have this liberal friend who desperately wants to believe that wealth can not be created. They refuse to talk to anyone who they think is going to force them to confront the truth of the matter.
@acarlovonsexron19946 жыл бұрын
Liberal here. Love the plane. Don't know what the f-ck your problem is, though.
@nowheretosit6 жыл бұрын
Carlo- Spare us the smug, potty mouth routine. You know it's true, the people who disliked this video likely did so because they know this plane was designed, paid for and built by a bunch of mostly white guys and Howard Hughes didn't like big government. The fact that you personally aren't one of the dislikes on this video changes nothing. You're probably no less of a racist, America hating bigot than the average Liberal.
@acarlovonsexron19946 жыл бұрын
Wow, this a lot of presumptuous projections that has literally nothing to do with aircraft or aviation. Can we not for once come together to appreciate a marvel of engineering, or is that also just some hippy dippy kumbaya politically correct liberal horseshit? The latter? Alright, you guys have a Merry Christmas anyways.
@andywerner8385 жыл бұрын
Hughes hated that name
@ianwalton2844 жыл бұрын
Never realized how deep Hughes was in with the CIA. Holy cow.