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Ford Building built for California Pacific International Exposition (1935) now San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. Style: Art Deco. On National Register. | Eucalyptus tree by Ford Building used for 1936 World's Fair. San Diego, CA. | Convair Sea Dart experimental water-based supersonic jet (1953-6) in front of Ford Building. San Diego, CA. | Lockheed A-12 Blackbird titanium nose outside San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. |
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A-12 Blackbird (1963) on pedestal outside San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Bleriot XI (1909-14) first to cross English channel & first commercially successful monoplane at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Deperdussin (1911) Type Militaire (SPAD) monoplane at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Deperdussin (1911) Type Militaire SPAD monoplane engine detail at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. |
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Bébé Peugeot (c1913) automobile by Ettore Buggati at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | SPAD VII.c.1 (1916) biplane at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Nieuport 28 C-1 (1918) French-built biplane fighter flown by Americans in WWI at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Thomas Morse S-4C biplane (1918) scout made in Ithaca, NY, at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. |
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Curtiss JN-4D Jenny at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Lincoln-Standard as part of barnstormers display at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Barnstormers wing walker about to climb ladder to Standard from replica of 1922 Ford Speedster T at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Curtiss JN-4D Jenny from above at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. |
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Consolidated PT-1 Trusty (1923) biplane trainer at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Replica of Ryan M-1 (1926) mail & cargo monoplane which was forerunner of Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Boeing FB-5 (1926) biplane for aircraft carrier service at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Mahoney-Ryan B-5 Brougham (1929) monoplane with cabin at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. |
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Ryan STA (1934) trainer & aerobatic monoplane at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Ryan PT-22 (1942) trainer at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Waco YKS-7 (1937-41) trainer biplane from Waco Aircraft, Troy, OH, at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. |
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Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | World War II aircraft seen against March of Transportation Mural by Juan Larrinaga at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Japanese A6M7 Zero naval carrier fighter (1939-45) at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Japanese A6M7 Zero fighter (1939-41) at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. |
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Douglas SBD-4 Dauntless (1940-45) fighter at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Douglas SBD-4 Dauntless cockpits at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat (1942-45) fighter at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Curtiss P-40 (1940-44) fighter in colors of Flying Tigers at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. |
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Flying Tigers Curtiss P-40 as used in Chinese, Burmese, Indian theaters of World War II at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Canopy of Flying Tigers Curtiss P-40 at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | North American P-51D Mustang (1945) fighter in colors of Tuskegee Airmen at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Ryan X-13 jet VTOL on its tripod tail at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. |
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Douglas A-4B Skyhawk (1954-79) carrier attack bomber at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Ford Trimotor passenger plane (1928) at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Ford Trimotor 5-AT-B at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Ford V8 Phaeton motorcar (1932) at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. |
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Ford V8 Deluxe Roadster (1933) made in France at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina amphibian & Mercury spacecraft at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | McDonnell Douglas F-4S Phantom II fighter jet at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | McDonnell Douglas F-4S Phantom II fighter jet at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. |
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Bell AH-1E Cobra helicopter gunship at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems RQ-1K Predator unmanned reconnaissance platform (1994) at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Apollo 9 command module at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. |
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Mercury astronaut helmet & gloves at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Mercury 7 astronaut mission patches at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Bust of Charles Lindbergh in International Aerospace Hall of Fame at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Portrait of Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882-1945) American rocket pioneer in International Aerospace Hall of Fame. San Diego, CA. |
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Portrait of Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin (1829-1917) German airship designer in International Aerospace Hall of Fame. San Diego, CA. | Portrait of Artyom Ivanovich Mikoyan (1905-1970) Russian MiG designer in International Aerospace Hall of Fame. San Diego, CA. | Medals of Canadian WWI air ace Billy Bishop including Victoria Cross at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. | Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) stewardess uniforms from 1960-70s at San Diego Aerospace Museum. San Diego, CA. |