On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 23:12:24 -0700, Richard Riley
wrote:

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 23:24:25 -0400, Joe Camp wrote:

:On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 23:30:13 GMT, "Stewart Glenn"
wrote:
:
:The Hughes HK-1 was made from
ouglas Fir, not spruce, even though it has always been called the
:Spruce Goose.

There's some spruce in the HK-1, along with some maple, poplar and
even balsa. But most of it is birch.
http://www.sprucegoose.org/aircraft_...Years/HK-1.htm

Well it really wouldn't do to call it the Birch Bitch