The Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon, has about 100 aviation and space vehicles on display. Shown below are some of the seaplanes which are on display.
Grumman G-21 Goose
This aircraft was originally envisioned as a corporate or private flying yacht for Manhattan millionaires. In was commissioned in 1936 by a group of wealthy residents of Long Island. In 1938, the U.S. Army Air Corps purchased the aircraft and designated it as OA-9. A total of 345 were built and about 30 are known to be still airworthy. This aircraft has a cruising speed of 191 mph, a top speed 201 mph, and a cruising range of 640 miles.
Consolidated PBY Catalina
In the 1930s, faced with competition from Japan in the Pacific, the U.S. Navy began looking for a patrol flying boat. During World War II, about 3,300 PBY aircraft were built and operated in all theaters of the war. This aircraft has a cruising speed of 125 mph, a top speed of 195 mph, and a range of 2,520 miles.
Republic RC-3 Seabee
The RC-3 Seabee was designed by aviation pioneer Percival Hopkins “Spence” Spencer whose first powered flight was made in 1914 in a Curtiss flying boat. In 1941 he developed the Spencer S-12 Air Car Amphibian, but with the advent of World War II, Spencer put the Air Car Amphibian into storage and joined the war effort as a test pilot for the Republic Aircraft Corporation. In 1943, Republic purchased the rights to the Air Car and redesigned it as the RC-1 Thunderbolt Amphibian which first flew in 1944 with Spencer at the controls. From the late 1940s and into the 1950s, the RC-3 Seabee was a popular bush plane and air ambulance in Canada, Norway, Sweden, and the United States. This aircraft has a cruising speed of 103 mph, a top speed of 120 mph, and a range of 560 miles.
Schweizer SGS 2-32
The Schweizer SGS 2-32 is an American two-seat, mid-wing glider built by Schweizer Aircraft of Elmira, New York. It was first flown in 1962. A total of 87 of these aircraft were built.
More Airplanes
Evergreen Aviation: Some Jet Fighters (photo diary)
WAAAM: Piper Airplanes (Photo Diary
Stonehenge Air Museum: Biplanes (Photo Diary)
Stonehenge Air Museum: Monoplanes (Photo Diary)
Evergreen Aviation: Biplanes (photo diary)
Evergreen Aviation: Homebuilt Airplanes (photo diary)
WAAAM: Gliders (Photo Diary)
WAAAM: Taylor Airplanes (Photo Diary)