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LAST UPDATE: THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2001

The Michael King Smith Memorial, a U.S. fighter plane, points toward the Spruce Goose Museum, where preparations are being made for opening day Wednesday. News-Register photo / Tom Ballard A grand opening for the Spruce Goose The Evergreen Aviation Museum on Three Mile Lane may symbolize different things to different people, but Wednesday it officially become one thing to everyone: Open for business. Thousands of visitors spilled through the doors Wednesday morning after an outdoor ceremony featuring patriotic speeches and a deafening flyover by two F-15 fighter planes. | COMPLETE REPORT Visitors marvel at majesty of Flying Boat At 9 o'clock Wednesday morning, flocks of visitors pressed their noses against the glass walls of Evergreen's new air museum, straining to see the HK-1 Flying Boat. They could hardly wait for the dedication ceremonies to end and the building to open, so they could get an even closer look at the largest plane ever built. | COMPLETE REPORT MUSEUM HOURS, INFORMATION: The Official Museum Web Site The HK-1 Flying Boat fuselage successfully made its slow and steady way from storage at Evergreen Aviation to a holding position outside its new museum home in September. Our complete coverage is below: The Goose Rolls Home - What does it take to roll 300,000 pounds of airplane across the road? | Article by David Bates All Eyes on the Goose - As the sun rose on a pristine Saturday morning, migrating Canada geese took flight from fields near the McMinnville Airport. But no one paid the birds much attention. | Article by Starla Pointer Highway Plan Works Well - With most Portland-to-coast travelers detoured around Saturday morning, traffic flowed smoothly on Three Mile Lane Saturday. | Article by Starla Pointer Flying Boat Captures Imaginations of Young and Old - Some onlookers came to be a part of a historic moment. Some came to satisfy their curiosity. And one man came because he'd witnessed the giant seaplane's first and only flights. | Article by Nathalie Oravetz   Previous Days' Reports: * World's largest airplane is ready to roll * What to expect on Saturday * The Capt. Michael Smith aviation museum and its impact on McMinnville *Remembering the journey to Oregon * The history of the Spruce Goose * This won't be an easy move

FEATURE The Spruce Goose Story - An archive of articles and features about the Spruce Goose and Evergreen Aviation published in the News-Register, dating back to 1992.