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Spitfire engineer visits San Diego Air & Space Museum

The San Diego Air & Space Museum received a special visitor on March 9, 2016 when 95-year-old Lawrence Warden of Clairemont toured the Museum. Of particular interest to Mr. Warden was the Museum’s Supermarine SpitfireMk.XVI, a plan he helped modify during World War II.

Celebrating Women’s History Month

The San Diego Air & Space Museum is proudly celebrate Women’s History Month throughout March. We’ll be posting a series of articles and biographies on our social media outlets talking about the important role women have played throughout the history of aviation and space exploration.

SDASM Acquires Major Aviation Collection

We are pleased to announce we have recently acquired the Vought Archive from the Vought Aircraft Heritage Foundation Archive in Arlington, Texas. This is the largest component of the surviving archive of the Vought Aircraft companies.

Moving Aircraft at the Museum

As Curator of the Air & Space Museum I am often asked how our team moves aircraft into the building, and from place within the building when it becomes necessary.Why is there a need to move aircraft around at all you may ask?

Nation’s Largest Aerospace Library and Archives

The Museum recently added the Aerospace Education Center Collection to our own collection, previously located in Little Rock, Arkansas. The newly acquired collection is the outgrowth of over fifty years of intensive collecting by Jay Miller, noted aviation author and photographer, former curator at the Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas.

Primate Flight Capsule

Before humans were sent into space, animals were used!

General Atomics RQ-1K Predator

The Predator unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), built by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems in San Diego, was used by the United States Air Force and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for aerial reconnaissance and observation.