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Frommer's Guide
INTRODUCTION
GETTING TO KNOW
DINING
ATTRACTIONS
Suggested Itineraries
Special-Interest Sightseeing
Downtown
In Balboa Park
Especially for Kids
Free
The Three Major Animal Parks
Coronado
Exploring the Old Town
La Jolla
Mission Bay & the Beaches
NIGHTLIFE
SHOPPING
WALKING TOURS
ACTIVE PURSUITS
SPECTATOR SPORTS
FEATURES AND EVENTS
ATTRACTION Frommer
San Diego Aerospace Museum

The other big kid-pleaser of the museums (along with the Fleet Science Center, above), this popular facility provides an overview of the nation's air-and-space history, from the days of hot-air balloons to the space age, with plenty of biplanes and military fighters in between. It emphasizes local aviation history, particularly the construction here of the Spirit of St. Louis. Highlights include the only GPS Satellite on display in a museum, and a World War I-era Spad. The museum is housed in a stunning cylindrical hall built by the Ford Motor Company in 1935 (for the park's 2nd international expo), and has an imaginative gift shop with items like old-fashioned leather flight hoods and new-fashioned freeze-dried astronaut ice cream. Allow at least an hour for your visit.

2001 Pan American Plaza.Phone: 619/234-8291.Open: Sept-May daily 10am-4:30pm; June-Aug daily 10am-5:30pm.Admission $8 adults, $6 seniors, $3 juniors 6-17, free for active military with ID and children under 6. Free 4th Tues of each month.Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas.Bus: 7 or 7A/B.


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