Eric, I have been fortunate to have seen the "goose" twice. First, in Long Beach, CA when it was moved from its hanger (sided with the first aluminum siding panel manufactured by E B Kaiser Co) to the cement dome next to the berth occupied by the Queen Mary. Happened that 2 of us from SLC were in a coatings school--a week long course held on the Queen. Man, a fancy room, tho small. This liner was the foundation for the original Poseidon Adventure disaster movie. Anyway, we got to go out to the fantail and watch it being towed, while surrounded by a small flotilla of pleasure craft. The dome was closed during installation, so did not get up close and personal at that time. However, some years back, Carol & I were on our way to the Oregon Coast (gee, we miss it) and stopped at the new hanger built for it in McMinville, OR by the Evergreen International Aviation museum. I have a number of photos shot during that stop and will try to remember to bring them to L & O this Sat. Is that still a go? Also there are a number of WWII warbirds on exhibit, including one of only 3 flyable Messerschmitt 109G's in the world! BTW, for what it is worth, my favorite warbird is "The Fork Tailed Devil", from WWII (sorry, Chuck, no oil and exhaust in the face for me!). One other memorial series of events for me was watching the fabled Pan Am "China Clippers" taking off from the bay at San Francisco and flying _under_ the Golden Gate Bridge on their way to the Orient. Many more stories like this. Apologize for rambling, but, so many stories, so little time.... 73 lh On 9/6/2011 1:49 PM, erikhansen@thebluezone.net wrote:
What? No fans of the "Spruce Goose"?
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