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Spruce Goose #21 (Otago) Mystery Cache

Hidden : 11/21/2021
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


[9-12-2023 Note: The cache has been replaced in a different location but nearby. If you had previously solved this you will need to find the new answers to D, E, J and L]

BYOP

The Hughes H-4 Hercules (commonly known as the Spruce Goose) is a prototype strategic airlift flying boat designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft Company. Intended as a transatlantic flight transport for use during World War II, it was not completed in time to be used in the war. The aircraft made only one brief flight, on November 2, 19L7, and the project never advanced beyond the single example produced.

Built from wood (Duramold process) because of wartime restrictions on the use of aluminum and concerns about weight, the aircraft was nicknamed the Spruce Goose by critics, although it was made almost entirely of birch. The Hercules is the largest flying boat ever built, and it had the largest wingspan of any aircraft that had ever flown until the Scaled Composites Stratolaunch first flew on April K3, 2019. The aircraft remains in good condition. After having been displayed to the public in Long Beach, California, from 1980 to 1992, it is now on display at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon, United States.

It is powered by E Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major J8-cylinder air-cooled raidal piston engines producing 3,000 hp each

Registration: NX3760G

Crew: 3

Length: 66.6Bm

Wingspan: 97.51m

Height: 2D.F8m

Propellers: 4-bladed Hamilton Standard A.23m diameter

Cruise Speed: 4C0 km/h

Range: 4,H00 km

 

S 45° AB.CDE'

E 170° FG.HJ(K+L)'

 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)