The San Diego Air & Space Museum holds a large collection of Audio and Visual recordings. These recordings come in many formats, including good old phonographic records. One of these records in our collection shows how popular Charles Lindbergh was, as it contains not one, but two songs about the hero aviator.
As we open our "Ripley's Believe It or Not" exhibit, we are reminded the Ripley has a long history of having a presence in Balboa Park. During the California Pacific International Exposition of 1935, Ripley's had an "Odditorium" that highlighted the strange and bizarre. However, it was not the only unusual attraction at the Exposition. Using photos and documents from our Archives, we will look at some of the bizarre points of interest from the 1935 Expo, using a Map of the event as our guide.
The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was the workhorse of the German Luftwaffe in World War Two. Produced in large numbers and in many variants, it saw service from the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) through the end of WW II and during the first conflict in the Middle-East between Israel and Egypt in 1948-49.
The San Diego Air & Space Museum holds a assortment of photos that provides a "behind the scenes" look at the Golden Age of Aviation in the area, the Miles Blaine collection.
Curators at San Diego Air & Space Museum discover a mysterious object linked to the legendary astronaut Neil Armstrong
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