Welcome the San Diego Air & Space Museum to The Commons!

McDonnell Douglas : F/A-18C : Hornet

The San Diego Air & Space Museum is loaded with great images from aeronautical history. The breadth of the collection is amazing with images from the earliest days of flight, historic planes and pilots, space travel, and everything in between.

McDonnell Douglas : F/A-18 : Hornet    Amelia Earhart

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For their launch into the collection the museum has uploaded their The Ryan Aeronautical Photo Collection, “These rare images document the history of San Diego’s Ryan Aeronautical. Highlights include the Spirit of St. Louis, Charles Lindbergh, the ST series of aircraft, PT series and Brougham series of aircraft, the Firebee and Fireball, among other subjects!

04-01062 Ryan Military Flying School PT Trainers    04-01983 Ryan X-13 Vertijet c. 1955

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All photos from the San Diego Air & Space Museum.

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Zack Sheppard

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