San Diego Air and Space Museum
Please tour each exhibit
For Each exhibit take notes on
What is the significance of the exhibit?
Describe the planes you see
What were they used for?
Any thing that was special or that stood out to you?
COMPARE WAR1 and WAR 2 exhibits- how have the planes change?
Theodore Gildred Flight Rotunda
Hall Of Fame
Dawn of Powered Flight
World War I
The Golden Age of Flight
Pacific Southwest Airlines Exhibit
The Pavilion of Flight
World War II
The Jet Age
Walter M. "Wally" Schirra, Jr. Space Flight Gallery
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Air and Space Musuem
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World War II
Images of the great World War II aircrafts who fought in the skies over England, Europe, and the far reaches of the Pacific Ocean. Airplanes not only gave capacity for military use during World War II, it protected place in military strategy for good. One of Great Britain's planes for the Supermarine Spitfire, used for it’s Royal Air force was one of the often used machines in the war. It is also one of the very few which remain in existence from the 23,000 that were made in 1936 – 1945.
Jet Age
In the World War II the making of the jet air crafts was a fascinating method ever discovered. The first most skilled jet was manufactured by the Germans in 1944, which was named Messerschmitt 262 able to accomplish about anything. Great Britain, Japan and the United States soon had, developed and flown operational jet fighters before the end of the war.
Military use of jet aircraft is equally usual.
Walter M. "Wally" Schirra, Jr. Space Flight Gallery
This area of the museum displays full-size imitations of Mercury, Gemini, & Apollo spacecraft, as well as several models and spacesuits. All these years one of the most scheduled task to complete was for US, NASA to discover efforts on preparations for a lunar landing. Project Mercury’s main asset was to place Amer on a shuttle headed to space. The Apollo program gave Amers a chance to a safe round trip to the moon & back. San Diego’s Aerospace Museum displays the work that Apollo has been capable to produce.
*Excused* [at college]
Theodore Gildred Flight Rotunda:
He completed a flight from San Diego to Quito, Equaddor on March 13, 1931.
Hall of Fame:
There are a lot of oil paintings of people that were involved in World War 1. There was a small model of a plane that was used for aid.
Dawn of Powered Flight:
There was a model of the first plane ever made. It was made with wooden sticks and light material. It also had many strings or wires all over the place.
World War 1:
The plane they have an exhibit was a very light weight plane that only carried one person. A machine gun was mounted on the front of the pilot. It shows that they were now using technology.
The Golden Age of Flight:
This exhibit showed that they were using lots of technology. They had better planes. They would fly higher and more stylish but very uncomfortrable. They were able to fit more people and luggage space.
Pacific Southwest Airlines:
This airline started in San Diego. During 1949 and 1988 they could gly from San Diego to Okland for $15.60.
The Pavilion of Flight:
This exhibit showed many planes. thee was a navy plane and a regular passanger plane. The passanger plane was double decked. In the navy plane you could fit two people now. The planes now could be used to track down people.
World War 2:
The exhibit shows lots of planes that were used for bombing. Most of these planes were for one passanger. There were lots of buttons.
The Jet Age:
The planes are made out of steel. There are smaller and more compact and can go faster and longer distances.
Walter M. Wally Schirra:
There are two space suits in this exhibit. There also pictures of the first moon landing. there are pieces of Moon Rock.
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