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Your journey through the history of flight at the San Diego Air & Space Museum begins as you stand beneath a model of the Montgolfier brothers’ hot air balloon of 1783 — the first manned vehicle in recorded history to break the bonds of gravity and lift humans above the Earth.

As you move through the museum, it’s difficult not to stand in awe of the mint-condition aircraft, including the Spitfire Mk. XVI, the Navy F6F Hellcat and the A-4 Skyhawk jet. You’ll also see smaller, but no less important, artifacts, such as the Apollo XI Space Pen. The beautifully restored airplanes on display at the San Diego Air & Space Museum give you a newfound appreciation for the engines and machinery which propelled these classic military aircraft during World War II, Korea and the Vietnam conflict and for the evolution of technology over the decades. The Air & Space Museum's display of space age technology does no less than inspire, giving insight into man’s long-held desire to journey to the stars and recounting how in the last century dreams became reality.

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2001 Pan American Plaza

San Diego, California 92101

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