PORTLAND, Ore. – Legendary mogul Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose, a gigantic historic wooden airplane whose fate was mired in a financial dispute, will permanently stay in Oregon. The Evergreen Aviation ...
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Randy's warbird profiles: Grumman JRF-2 Goose

Explore the history of the 1942 Grumman JRF-2 Goose, s/n V176, in this installment of Randy's Warbird Profiles. Learn about its Coast Guard service, 1943 crash, and see restored photos from the ...
This weekend, you can watch a performance of a piece by the composer Philip Glass while sitting under the tail of Oregon’s iconic Spruce Goose airplane. The piece is called “1000 Airplanes on the Roof ...
CONCORD — Henry Ford’s Model T “Tin Lizzie” is credited with putting “the world on wheels,” but his “Tin Goose” Tri-Motor airplane put the world in the sky, launching America’s first successful ...
WOOSTER − The plane that revolutionized air travel visited the Wayne County Airport and offered rides high above the county. The Ford Tri-Motor airplane, also known as the Tin Goose, was the first ...
TITUSVILLE — Sunshine splashing off her corrugated-aluminum fuselage, the Ford Tri-Motor rumbled down the runway with propellers whirling, evoking Roaring '20s imagery of pioneering aviators Charles ...
The Tin Goose is back. A vintage airplane with a glorious history will take wing over Miami - once again - and curious passengers can book flights for a journey into the golden age of aviation. The ...
Back in the days of flivvers and flappers, the Ford Tri-Motor transport was the workhorse of U.S. aviation. The “Tin Goose” was shaped like a slightly rhomboid crackerbox, sheathed in corrugated ...
ZGF Architects recently completed a new Los Angeles office for Google. The office is actually built inside another building – a massive restored wooden hangar that was once home to the famous "Spruce ...
Another 15 minutes at 1,000 feet had ticked by, and pilot Dave Ross turned his lumbering tri-motor back towards Oswego County Airport. He’s done this flight, or some version of it elsewhere in the ...
A piece of music by the composer Philip Glass will soon be performed under the tail of Oregon’s iconic Spruce Goose airplane. The piece, “1,000 Airplanes on the Roof,” has rarely been performed in ...