✈️ Tour The Spruce Goose! ✈️ Come to the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum for the one-and-only Spruce Goose Tour! This iconic wooden aircraft, piloted by Howard Hughes in 1947, has a wingspan longer than a football field and is the largest wooden aircraft and largest seaplane ever built. 🛩️✨ 🛫 The Spruce Goose was conceived by Howard Hughes during World War II when German submarines were sinking hundreds of Allied ships, and there was a growing need to move troops and materials across the Atl
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✈️ Tour The Spruce Goose! ✈️ Come to the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum for the one-and-only Spruce Goose Tour! This iconic wooden aircraft, piloted by Howard
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum. . ️ Tour The Spruce Goose! ️ Come to the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum for the one-and-only Spruce Goose Tour! This iconic wooden aircraft, piloted by Howard Hughes in 1947, has a wingspan longer than a football field and is the largest wooden aircraft and largest seaplane ever built. 🛩️ 🛫 The ...
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