A really big goose

[budguinn]

You know it's big when an entire DC3 and many others will fit under one wing


From my last roadtrip...McMinnville, Oregon....the Spruce Goose.

bud

[Sheila]

It's enormous!
What are they used for?

[STaylor]

Wow I took me a minute to see the large plane towards the rear and yet still under the wing of the goose ’‚’‚…‚’‚‚¦. What an incredible feat of engineering’‚’‚…‚’‚‚¦ it boggles the mind that something so large can fly

[budguinn]

the pictures really don't do it justice.....the tail elevator is the same size as the entire wing of a B17...they had one of those as well as an SR71 on the other side of the "goose".

You could put the "goose" sideways on a football field and the wings would stick out ten feet on both sides.

bud

[Bob Kirkwood]

Great shot Bud.

Sheila, here is some info on Howard's Folly.
http://www.sprucegoose.org/Brief%20History.htm
Regards,

[budguinn]

Originally posted by Bob Kirkwood
Great shot Bud.

Sheila, here is some info on Howard's Folly.
http://www.sprucegoose.org/Brief%20History.htm
Regards,

Sheila,

If you get the chance to stop by and see this thing......you gots ta do it. The link that Bob left will give you much of the information that I picked up there.......but nothing will give you the idea of the size .......you have got to see it for yourself. In the near future...months only....they are going to have it open on the inside so that a person can walk through it.

bud

[Sheila]

Thanks for the link Bob. It is a mind boggling plane.

Bud, not much chance of me seeing it, I'm in Australia I think it would be awe inspiring though.

[EdMac]

I guess you could say that they really were the days of "iron men and wooden ships". You have got to give old Howard credit. It was a short flight, but he did manage to get it off of the ground. I am usually amazed to see a B52 or a C5 get off of the ground.