Every time I visit Balboa Park, I poke my nose into the San Diego History Center. It seems there’s always a new exhibition or display to experience!
In the atrium today I noticed a small, new exhibit titled San Diego Takes Flight! The exhibit concerns the Curtiss School of Aviation, established in 1911 at North Island, Coronado.
Historical photographs accompany descriptions of Glenn Curtiss and his students learning about the characteristics of flight on newly invented airplanes, including hydroplanes that took off from San Diego Bay. In that early era, most aviation exhibitions in the United States featured Curtiss graduates flying his planes.
Curtiss’ collaboration with the U.S. Navy in San Diego would be instrumental in the birth of naval aviation.
This exhibit at the San Diego History Center includes the participation of women at the Curtiss School of Aviation and their historic accomplishments.
Years ago, during a walk in Coronado near the Ferry Landing, I photographed a historical plaque marking the birthplace of naval aviation.
To see those photos and read the words on that plaque, click here.
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