2007 Museums: San Diego Air & Space

Quite a nice museum, hidden in the middle of Balboa Park in beautiful San Diego

Here are my pictures taken inside their beautifully stocked galleries:

Front of Museum:
Convair YF2FY-1 Seadart
Lockheed A-12 Blackbird
    Side view

Theodore Gilfred Rotundra:
Apollo-9 Command Module "Gumdrop"
Curtiss A-1
General Atomics RQ-1K Predator
    Rear view
Northrop Grumman RQ-4A Global Hawk
Ryan BQM-34F Firebee II
Ryan NYP-3 "Spirit of St-Louis"
    Cockpit view
    Engine cowling
    Front view

International Aerospace Hall of Fame:
Leonardo DaVinci Ornithopter
Lilienthal Glider

Dawn of Powered Flight:
Beachey "Little Looper"
    Pilot view
Blériot XI
Deperdussin 1911 Type Militaire
    Engine view
    Cockpit view
Montgomery Evergreen Glider
Wright Flyer 1903
Wright EX Vin Fiz
    Front detail

World War I Gallery:
Albatros D Va
Allies Roundels
Billy Bishop portrait
Fokker Dr I
    Cockpit view
    Engine view
    Tail view
Fokker E III Eindecker
    Wing View
    Cowling view
    Engine view
Nieuport 11
    Side view
    Lafayette squadron logo
    Engine view
Nieuport 28
Thomas-Morse S-4C
    Engine view

Golden Age of Flight Gallery:
Aeronca C-3 Collegian
    Side view
Boeing FB-5
    Nose view
    Rear view
Bowlus P-1 Albatross
Consolidated PT-1 Trusty
    Nose view
Curtis B-1 Robin
Curtiss JN-4D "Jenny"
    Engine view
Fleet Model 2
    Suspension detail
Piper J-3 Cub
    Pilot view
Ryan B-5 Brougham
Ryan M-1
Ryan PT-22 Recruit
    Front 3/4 view
    Cockpit view
    Nose view
Ryan STA
Waco YKS-7

Kenneth R. Rearwind Gallery:
Bede BD-5
Kitfox

World War II Gallery:
Curtiss P-40E Warhawk
    3/4 front view
    Front view
    Cockpit view
    Nose art
Douglas C-47 Cockpit
Douglas SBD-4 Dauntless
    3/4 rear top view
    Dive brakes
Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat
    Rear view
Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat
    Tail view
    Nose view
    Engine engine cowling
Hawker Hurricane (instrument panel)
Messerschmidtt Bf 109G-14 (inverted)
    Instrument panel
    Cockpit area
    Nose view
Mitsubishi A6M7 Zero-sen
    Nose view
    3/4 rear view
North American P-51D Mustang "Miss Kentucky State"
    Nose view (low)
    Side nose view
    Instrument panel
Stearman N2S-3 Kaydet
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVI (SL574)
    Cockpit view
    Nose view
    Tail view
    Pilot

Modern Age Gallery:
Douglas A-4B Skyhawk
    Nose view
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
    Nose view
    Wing view
North American F-86F Sabre "Beauteous Butch II"
    Tail view
Ryan X-13 Vertijet
    Cockpit view

Walter M. Shirra Space Flight Gallery:
Apollo Service Module
Boeing GPS-12 Satellite
Gemini Spacecraft
Mercury Spacecraft

Edwin D. McKellar Pavillion of Flight:
Bell AH-1E Cobra
    Nose view
    Side view
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
    Front 3/4 view
    Nose view
Ford 5-AT-B Trimotor
    3/4 front view
    Side view
    Engine nacelle
    Engine
McDonnell Douglas F-4J/S Phantom II
    Side view
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17

The museum also has an annex at Gillespie Field, east of San Diego. Although it was closed when I was there, here are the few pictures I took from outside the gate:

Convair F-102A Delta Dagger
General Dynamics Atlas II Missile

Ryan 147T Firebee
Bell 205 A-1 (N205HQ)