The Museum will be closed January 12th - January 16th in preparation for our new Special Exhibition Ripley's Believe It or Not!. Museum reopens Saturday January 17th. New Exhibit opens January 31st!

Introduction

In honor of National Hispanic Heritage month, this online exhibit looks at some Hispanic and Latino aviators that made significant contributions to the history of aerospace.  This is by no means a comprehensive collection, but aims to look at a variety of people from many different countries from North, Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean. 

Wings from Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Cuba.

In addition to this exhibit, the San Diego Air & Space Museum has many related online resources:

Mexican Aviation Collection.

Oscar Perdomo Personal Papers.

Gildred Personal Papers.

Image collection of Hispanic and Latino aviators.

Next page in this exhibit.

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