Oregon vacation report (really long)

I saw the Cyclo-Crane when I stopped in at the blimp hanger on a motorcycle
trip years ago. They had a few experimental projects inside at that time,
and for some reason a GE diesel-electric railway locomotive in the far
corner of the hange. The size of the hanger made the locomotive look like a
scale model train back there. Not much was actively being worked on though,
and even with the Cyclo-Crane and another blimp and sundry projects the
hanger was almost empty. They did have a film presentation of the fire that
took down the other blimp hanger at the site, which was quite the
conflagration.

We did have the pleasure of flying down there in a Cherokee a couple of
years back, and were able to hit the Evergreen 'Spruce Goose' exhibit and
the Tillamook museum before swinging up the coast to the Arlington NWEAA
fly-in. Great trip - I hope the FBO at McMinville still has their
black&white ex-cop car. Had the chrome search light and everything - great
fun.

Oh, and we ran across a very good brew pub in McMinville as well - I think
it was called the Golden Valley Brewery. Good food and great beer.

Steve S.
CYBW

"Anthony W" wrote in message
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When I first went there I was hoping to see the Cyclo-crane. It was a
balloon based crane for logging. The design was dumb but I sold them a
mechanical disk brake from my old motorcycle shop. Anyway it was long
gone before I got there.

Tony