The San Diego Air & Space Museum curatorial collection houses an artifact that tells a triumphant story of with a dark ending.
Hanging from the ceiling inside the Museum’s Library is a beautiful model of a Beechcraft A-36TC Bonanza turboprop plane, built by volunteers in the Museum’s Model Shop who often produce models for display in the museum. This particular model is of special endearment. Constructed by Ron Peterka, Bill Simmons, and Gayle Boddy, it commemorates an around-the-world flight undertaken by a very special Library volunteer, Dennis Stewart.
Blanche Stuart Scott, also known as Betty Scott, may have been the first female aviator in the United States. The San Diego Air and Space Museum Library and Archives houses many rare photos of Blanche.
The San Diego Air & Space Museum is excited to receive the donation of an altimeter from the aircraft flown by Emilio Carranza on his 1928 Goodwill flight from Mexico City to Washington D.C. Known as the "Mexican Lindbergh,” Captain Carranza is arguably the most significant Mexican aviator.
Among the uniforms and flight gear preserved in the Museum’s collection are artifacts that represent not only military service, but individual decisions made at pivotal moments in history. The collection of Captain Stanley Millick Moore Anderson offers a powerful example. His service spanned two air forces, two fighter aircraft, and some of the most consequential air combat operations of the Second World War.
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