It’s hard to show how big the Spruce Goose is. Although the museum building is huge, the HK-1 is nearly as long as the building is deep and the wing span is at least as wide as the front windows (see the photo below). It is impossible to get a photo of the entire HK-1 inside the building.

The HK-1 sits in the building with the nose about 10 to 15 feet from the front glass wall. It is very imposing.

Wingspan (main wings): 319 ft, 11 in

Wingspan (horizontal stabilizer): 113 ft, 6 in

Vertical height (bottom of keel to top of vertical stabilizer): 79 ft, 4 in

Fuselage height: 30 ft, 5 in

Fuselage width: 24 ft, 4 in

Fuselage length: 216 ft, 8 in

A view of the HK-1 from behind a B-17 Flying Fortress.

A view of a DC-3 with the tail of the HK-1 in the background.