San Diego Air & Space Museum
2001 Pan American Plaza
Balboa Park
San Diego, CA 92101
619-234-8291
http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/
Open daily
Normal winter hours: 10a-4:30p (last admission at 4p)
Normal summer hours: 10a-5:30p (last admission at 5p)
Check for special holiday hours. Closed Thanksgiving Day & Christmas Day.
Adults (12+): $16.50
Senior/Student/Retired Military w/ ID: $13.50
Children (3-11): $6
Active Duty Military, Museum members, Children <2: FREE
Restoration Tours - Adult: $5, Senior/Student: $4, Junior: $3
Max Flight Simulator: $8 per person
Free the 4th Tuesday of every month to San Diego County Residents, San Diego County College Students, Active Duty Military and their dependents.
Some special exhibits have additional fees.
Aviation history is truly a remarkable story, and it all unfolds at the San Diego Air & Space Museum. Your journey through the history of flight 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.
Rare specimens of aircraft suggest the excitement of air combat in the World War I Gallery. Marvel at the entertaining and dangerous antics of the barnstormers of the 1920s in the Golden Age of Flight Gallery.
Mint condition aircraft in a mint condition museum - a Spitfire Mk. XVI, a Navy F6F Hellcat and an A-4 Skyhawk jet - these beautifully restored airplanes help you appreciate the increasingly complex technology represented in the classic military aircraft of World War II, Korea and Vietnam.
The Museum's display of space age technology, like the desire to journey to the stars, may never be finished, for it represents an adventure which the human race has truly just begun.
The Dual-Seater is ready to duel! The FS2000 Two-Seat Flight Simulator is part of an all-new, sleek squadron of indoor full-motion multi-role aircraft rides. Each is poised for the sharp banks, sky loops and screaming dives of pulse-pounding aerial combat and is completely controlled by the pilots themselves! The 360-degree pitch, roll, spin and spiral action is real while riders fly any one of Max-Flight's combat and flight training programs on a huge 58" screen in the cockpit.
The 3D/4D Zable Theater uses advanced 3D technologies but takes it to the next level of experience; employing interactive seats and unique special effects built into the theater itself. By creating a set of "4D" effects synchronized to the film production, the 3D/4D Zable Theater adds another layer of immersive and experiential fun for audiences of all ages.
See also Gillespie Field Annex.
Contact the Museum for latest information.
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