The Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon, has a new name-the North American Aerospace Museum.
The museum, which opened in 2001 approximately 50 miles southwest of Portland, is famously known for being the home of the Hughes H-4 Hercules, also known as the “Spruce Goose,”-a name that designer Howard Hughes detested in part because the aircraft is primarily made from birch.
Over the decades the museum has grown from being an eclectic collection of warbirds, civilian trainers, airliners, and space artifacts to a globally recognized educational center and Smithsonian affiliate…