San Diego Air & Space Museum Gillespie Field Annex

Totally worth your time. They have tons of stuff for anyone interested in aircraft to enjoy. The aircraft are amazing to see up close and they have info cards for most of the display pieces. Totally recommend if you are at all interested in aircraft.

Found San Diego Areospace Museum on my way to Montgomery Field. I wanted to finally see that field in person.
On April 1st 1993
Dave Rickards, a deejay at KGB-FM in San Diego, announced that the space shuttle Discovery had been diverted from Edwards Air Force Base and would land instead at Montgomery Field in a few hours (at 8:30 am).

There was a large turn out of people.
No space shuttles were even up at the time.
I don't think anyone will ever top that April first prank.

Here are some of my pictures from the
San Diego Areospace Museum. I really liked walking around looking at everything here.

There are small planes kids can ride on..
This was a great location find. I will be back here again soon.

I was there to see the S-3 Viking that was added to the display aircraft come in. I was in the Navy Reserves and to see the last flying S-3 come in was awesome. The ground crew and staff were welcoming as well. Can't wait to go back and see the S-3 again.

The volunteers here put so much passion into the work they do here. Its amazing how much detail is put into every thing that is on display. Its a great place for all ages and guaranteed to learn something new. Truly amazing place to visit.

Located at Gillespie Field. This museum has around 20 aircraft outside and two hangers with vintage aircraft, engines and models.
The admission is $5 per person.

This place is great. Kids get to play around with air plane controls.

Very good museum, and I also visited the smaller museum by the airport that was super quirky and awesome.

Always enjoy going here. It's free to get in! All age friendly with really cool ride-on toys for little ones. There's not a lot of planes, but they have cool ones. You can go there for 15 minutes or spend a few hours getting in depth. Right next to Gillespie Field so you can watch planes take off and land.

This is a must visit museum for any aviation geek. There are two large hangers of aircraft and a large flight line. While there are aircraft that you might see at other museums, there are several very rare aircraft, including the A2D skyshark, which is the only one left in the world. The museum also goes out of its way to make it fun for younger children the play around and learn so it's definitely fun for the whole family.

This place is an absolute gem in Santee. Ever wonder what the rocket is you see near 67/52? That’s a red stone rocket on display.

Great place for the kids to run free. Cool cockpits for them to play and have a blast.

Anyone under 12 is free, $5 for anyone else. We go here all the time.

Great friendly place to enjoy the day and take in history!

Even though it's not huge it's a very enlightening Museum a lot of great old photographs and aircraft everything from a mid-24 to an F-14 to that Navy counter rotating aircraft that's on the website and the guy who is there I believe his name was Dan was very well informed and very nice and it's a hell of a deal for five bucks so enjoy

Quick Edit 1st: Hours here are now 9am to 4pm.
Place is great. Tons of cool airplanes. Pedal planes and cockpits for the kids. Good place for lunch (bring your own food).

This is where the work is done on airplanes and exhibits for the air and space museum. They restore aircraft here. For a person like me who likes to see how an airplane is put together, this is excellent. For someone who wants to look at planes, there are many of them parked outside that they can walk up to and look at.

This is a hidden gem. It is basically the restoration hub for the San Diego Air and Space Museum and has planes that they can't display at the main museum. It's not as in depth ad the main museum but you can get up close and personal with some interesting airplanes. Great for kids too with little airplane tricycles to ride. And it's completely free!

Really is a hidden little gem with some interesting hardware to look at. From the Atlas rocket out front to one of the very first vtol aircraft to amazing engine cutaways, it's all here. It's not curated very well, don't expect fancy displays or nice lighting (not even air conditioning!), But if you can do your own research there is a lot to see!

Great little, intimate aircraft museum featuring vintage propeller planes to fighter jets. There is a mockup(?) of an Atlas missile in the parking lot, a McDonnell XF-85 Goblin inside, and aviation art. Phone before you go.

If you are in the area definitely stop by. It is free so if you are not interested you won't lose any money. Interesting collection of planes and even an Atlas rocket. You can get as close as you want to the planes and touch them if you want. As a bonus, you are right next to an airport so you can watch planes take off and land the whole time.

I actually appreciated visiting the Gillespie Field location a lot more than the main museum. It's free, it's far less crowded (when we arrived we were the only visitors), there were a lot of neat displays, and we met some of the people who maintain the planes.

Started tour on west side and this old. War baby was amazed at the various planes at this Museum. Up grading property at this time and it's slightly/totally messy. ENJOY !