[WWI] Trek to San Diego Museum

[Dave Calhoun]

Yeah San Diego has a great little Air Museum, I went there back in the
1980's and Robert is correct about the odd design of the building, I
definitely saw the WW1 stuff but after working around the entire round
building left unaware that there was a second floor so i missed all the
newer stuff upstairs! oh well some day I will return. Nice thing is the
photo of the Deperdussin, showing the deperdussin control system same as
used in the Spad XII cannon armed fighter.
Dave
Message: 6
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:19:04 -0800
From: "Robert Karr" <karrart at karrart.com>
Subject: Re: [WWI] Trek to San Diego Museum
To: "World War I Modeling Mailing List" <wwi at wwi-models.org>
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<<I'll be in San Diego this weekend and a couple of days after attending a
conference.  I hope to be able to visit the Aerospace Museum Sunday morning.
They have reproductions of an Albatros D V, Fokker Dr I and an Eindekker as
well as what looks like an actual Sopwith Pup, Nieuport 28 and SPAD VII. >>

     It's a great museum for WW I folks. The attached composite is from
'03. The Spad VII, depending on one's definition, is "original". The
Nieuport 28 may or  may not be on display- it's been in the chute for a
total refurb for quite some time.  Despite what some sources say, it is
basically an original, but with a long hard life and much replacement and
rebuilding over time.The Pup is a repro, but might as well be original- and
it's skeletal so you can see all her dainties.
     The museum also has lots of misc artifacts and doodads such as engines
and guns and real fabric panels.
     Plus you can get weirded out by the building itself- it's big donut
and you finish up where you began your tour.
     RK
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