CBS 8 cameras got a sneak peek at the brand-new San Diego Aerospace Museum in Balboa Park on Feb. 14 and 15, 1963. On display—a full-sized model of the glider John J. Montgomery flew at Otay in 1883. It flew to 603 feet. Other displays included models of two other Montgomery planes and a replica of the Curtis A-1, the US Navy’s first airplane. And the original XL engine, the first to break the sound barrier.

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