Last week I flew my KR-2 down to McMinnville from Scappoose, 42 miles one way, at 3000 ft. They have the NW Antique fly in there and it is close to the Evergreen Aviation Museum where the Spruce Goose is kept. They run a shuttle service and will pick you up from the flight office and run you over to the museum about a mile or so away. That Spruce Goose is huge, made mostly out of birch plywood. It never flew very far on that first flight in '47 because the tail was weak and might have come off in flight. After they fixed that they put a spiral staircase below the flight deck and it never flew again. The war was over and the government cut funding for the project and also the second model, with clamshell nose doors, that was on the drawing board. The doors were built but the plane never was. They have a large opening cut into the side where you can climb a staircase, walk in and look around. Lots of excellent wood work in there. Also at the air show the stunt pilot Wayne Handley made his last flight in the Raven which is now on display over at the museum. My KR was the only one there this year and drew lots of attention. I think these planes will be more popular as gas prices go past $3.00 per gallon. I burn about 3.2 gal. per hr.
-Joe
