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San Diego Air & Space Museum

San Diego Air & Space Museum (SDASM) is an aviation and space exploration museum in San Diego, California. The museum is located in Balboa Park and is housed in the former Ford Building, which is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places.[5] SDASM was established by articles of incorporation on October 12, 1961, and opened to the public on February 15, 1963.[1]

Former name

San Diego Aerospace Museum[1]

October 12, 1961 (1961-10-12)[1]

Ford Building
2001 Pan American Plaza
San Diego, California, US

270,000 (FY 2017)[2]

James G. Kidrick[2]

Mark Larson[2]

Terry Brennan[2]

On site (free)[3]

1935 (1935)

60

April 26, 1973[5]

April 7, 1972[4]

Convair F-102A Delta Dagger

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis

(reproduction)

Bleriot XI

Grumman F-14 Tomcat

Lockheed P-2 Neptune

Douglas A2D Skyshark

General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon

Bell UH-1 Iroquois

Ryan X-13 Vertijet

Hawker Siddeley AV-8A Harrier

(reproduction)

Boeing FB-5 Hawk

Ryan PT-22 Recruit

WACO YKS-7

Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk

SM-65 Atlas

Lockheed S-3 Viking

North American F-86F Sabre

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis

Special events[edit]

The museum hosts a number of lectures, student programs, and other special events. Groups can rent the Pavilion of Flight for their own event or dinner.

Aviation portal

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California portal

- Another air museum in San Diego which is a former aircraft carrier turned museum ship.

USS Midway Museum

List of aviation museums

Official website

post on AirMuseumGuide.com

San Diego Air & Space Museum

Hitler's Stealth Fighter: a National Geographic Documentary on the Horton 229 in the museum