Dear Bill;

I too was really lucky to see the Spruce Goose in 1980 when it was still at the Hughes hanger. A close friend of mine was an old Hughes male secretary and I was able to go see that piece of art. I was allowed in the airplane it self, and I crawled all over that plane for over two hours. Up in the rudder, in the wing, every where and even sat in the left seat. What a rush. Latter they moved it to the area next to the Queen Mary, and I was there to see it in the water too...after all these years. I always wanted to build a model of that plane, but all those engines...

Soft landings always,
Bobby of Maui