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JamesUtah07
Anyone know where it is now?
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criddell
> sold the giant plane to the Evergreen Aviation Museum

I might be wrong about this, but I think Evergreen was (is?) a front company for the CIA.

jpk2f2
No, Evergreen Aviation Museum is an entirely different entity. You're thinking of Evergreen International Airlines.
plasticsoprano
They do have an Evergreen International Airlines plane according to the homepage background video.
sidbsodbdk
Different entity but same "Evergreen"—i.e. the same guy founded the airline and the museum.
ianburrell
Evergreen Airlines went bankrupt in 2013. The founder died in 2014. The foundation that owned the museum land went bankrupt in 2016. The museum is operating as non-profit but there isn't anything left to be separate from.
LightBug1
Has always reminded me of the SpaceX Starship.

The story won't be the same, but I imagine it will rhyme.

Beautiful photos, though, and an incredible aircraft.

The Great Gatsby of the aviation industry.

TheGrassyKnoll
Hoover Dam 1931-1936 $49 million

Golden Gate Bridge 1933-1937 $35 million

Spruce Goose 1942-1947 $23 million

rob74
> Nevertheless, the brief flight proved to detractors that Hughes’ (now unneeded) masterpiece was flight-worthy

This low-level flight didn't prove that it could also fly without the help of ground effect though...

consumer451
Modern modeling tools must be able to answer that question now though, correct?
mcpackieh
Yeah, but modeling the actual plane precisely as it was built is probably easier said than done. And if you don't get it right, then it's garbage in, garbage out.
peterbecich
The building in the background of the second-to-last photo, the Villa Riviera, is still standing