I went to the Evergreen Aviation Museum across from the McMinnville airport
on 4 Jun 02. It had just recently been opened to the public. The museum was
terrific and the Hughes HK-1 "Spruce Goose" awesome. I was very happy to see
that the entire seaplane is on display -- no clipped wings or tail. I asked
if I could go inside but was told that because it was not accessible to
everyone no one except museum personnel could go inside -- ADA rules. There
were a couple large openings on the port side, one just in front of and the
other aligned with the leading edge of the wing, so I could see part of the
interior.

Piloting content: I flew my 182 into McMinnville at the end of a great
flight around the Olympic Peninsula from Boeing Field.

Not to be missed if you're in the area!

Jon

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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Someone posted on the Pacific Northwest Flying forum that they had flown
to
McMinnville, OR to tour the Spruce Goose. What they found out was that
since
the entire airplane is not handicapped accessible the public was no longer
being allowed to go through it. The only view of the interior now
available
is from a glass box inside the fuselage. If the airplane is not made
accessible to everybody then nobody can see it. Of course, modifying the
airplane to make it accessible would probably destroy its value as an
artifact.

Evergreen Museum is attempting to get around the rule by claiming that
registered members are not the general public, so at least their members
should still be allowed to tour the plane.

--
Christopher J. Campbell
World Famous Flight Instructor
Port Orchard, WA


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