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* From Interstate 5 South: Take the 10th St. exit; turn left on A St.; turn left on 12th St. (which becomes Park Blvd.); turn left at President's Way (you are now in Balboa Park); when you come to the stop sign, the Museum will be to your left with parking right in front.
* From Interstate 5 North: Take the B St. Pershing exit; stay on B St; turn right on 12th (which becomes Park Blvd.); turn left at President's Way (you are now in Balboa Park); when you come to the stop sign, the Museum will be to your left with parking right in front.
* From Interstate 8 (either direction): Take 163 South exit; take the 4th Ave/Park Blvd. exit; turn left onto Park Blvd. Turn left at President's Way (you are now in Balboa Park); when you come to the stop sign, the Museum will be to your left with parking right in front.
* From State Highway 163 South: Take 4th Ave./Park Blvd exit; turn left onto Park Blvd. At next traffic light, turn left onto President's Way (you are now in Balboa Park); when you come to the stop sign, the Museum will be to your left with parking right in front.
* From Interstate 805: Get on I-8, I-5 or ST HWY 163 and follow directions above.
* From State Highway 94 West: Take the highway into downtown San Diego; turn right onto 12th St (which becomes Park Blvd.); turn left at President's Way (you are now in Balboa Park); when you come to the stop sign, the Museum will be to your left with parking right in front.
* From Harbor Drive (either direction): Turn east onto Laurel St.; follow it through downtown and over the Laurel St. bridge into Balboa Park; turn right and follow the road to the end of the Park until you reach the Museum.
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2001 Pan American Plaza | Mapquest |
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Exhibits Overview
Aviation history is truly a remarkable story, and it all unfolds at the San Diego Air & Space Museum. Your journey through the history of flight begins as you stand beneath a model of the Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon of 1783 - the first manned vehicle in recorded history to break the bonds of gravity and lift man above the Earth.
Our International Aerospace Hall of Fame, the only one in the world, honors those men and women who have made a substantive contribution to the advance of the aerospace sciences. Exhibitry accompanying their portraits relates to the honorees and their accomplishments. Names such as Lindbergh, Montgolfier, Earhart, Gagarin, and Armstrong are here, all a part of the saga of the continuing conquest of air and space.
The Dawn of Powered Flight exhibit takes you to the sands of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, where you are introduced to the first successful attempt at controlled, powered flight.
Rare specimens of aircraft suggest the excitement of air combat in the World War I Gallery. Marvel at the entertaining and dangerous antics of the barnstormers of the 1920s in the Golden Age of Flight Gallery.
Mint condition aircraft in a mint condition museum - a Spitfire Mk. XVI, a Navy F6F Hellcat and an A-4 Skyhawk jet - these beautifully restored airplanes help you appreciate the increasingly complex technology represented in the classic military aircraft of World War II, Korea and Vietnam.
The Museum's display of space age technology, like man's desire to journey to the stars, may never be finished, for it represents an adventure which the human race has truly just begun. |
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