For more information please contact Nicole Wahlberg, Director of Marketing and Public Relations, Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, 503-434-4006 or email nicole.wahlberg@ sprucegoose.org.
August 26, 2008
Hot Air Balloon Rally Launches Saturday Morning at Museum
MCMINNVILLE, OR. - Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum will be home to the launch of a dozen hot air balloons on Sat., Aug. 30 at 6:33 a.m. The rally is being hosted by the Willamette Aerostat Society.
All launches will take place on the south side of the aviation museum on the morning of Sat., Aug. 30. The public is invited to attend the balloon launch free of charge.
Following the hot air balloon launches, the new Space Museum will open to the public at 7 a.m. (for Sat., Aug. 30 only) and will be serving a special breakfast buffet of eggs, country fried potatoes, bacon, sausage, biscuits & gravy, juice and coffee for $13/adult and $5/child (ages 5-16). Guests can enjoy breakfast and tour the new Space Museum for a combination price of $25/adult and $16/child.
For more information on the event, please contact the Museum at 503-434-4185. For more information about the Willamette Aerostat Society, please refer to their website at http://www.wasballoon.org/.
About Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum
The Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum is best known as the home of the worldÕs largest wooden airplane, theÓ Spruce GooseÓ, SR-71 ÒBlackbirdÓ, the Titan II SLV Missile and the Grumman F6F-3 ÒHellcatÓ. In addition, there are more than 80 historic aircraft and exhibits on display, along with artwork, traveling displays, the Spruce Goose CafŽ and the Rotors, Wings & Things store. The hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m, daily except when it is closed for Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and Easter. The Museum is located at 500 NE Captain Michael King Smith Way, across the highway from the McMinnville Airport and about three miles southeast of McMinnville, Ore., on Highway 18. Regular visitor admission is required. Call 503-434-4180 for more information, and visit www.sprucegoose.org.