McMinnville (Oregon) Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city in Oregon, USA
About McMinnville (Oregon)
A local museum hosts perhaps one of the most bizarre aircraft ever produced. Howard Hughes, an eccentric rich person, had gotten it into his head to build a transatlantic freight flying boat in order to sell it on lucrative military contracts as a cargo airplane. However, due to wartime restrictions on the availability of aluminum, the prototype had to be built from birchwood to achieve a lightweight airframe. The prototype only ever achieved a single test flight in 1947 (by which point all hope of military contracts was of course gone) but remained the holder of the "largest wingspan of any aircraft" record into the 2010s.
Top Attractions in McMinnville (Oregon)
Explore the best things to see and do in McMinnville (Oregon):
- ★Evergreen Aviation Museum
- ★Wings and Waves Waterpark
Where to Eat in McMinnville (Oregon)
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Spruce Goose Café
Where to Stay in McMinnville (Oregon)
- 🏨Baker Street Bed & Breakfast
- 🏨McMenamins Hotel Oregon
- 🏨McMinnville Best Western
- 🏨McMinnville Inn
- 🏨Motel 6
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