https://www.cnet.com/news/witness-aviation-history-at-the-san-diego-air-and-space-museum/ > This is the San Diego Air and Space Museum, which houses over 100 years of aviation history, including rare WWI aircraft, unique spacecraft and more. Here's a look inside at some incredible aircraft from the entire history of powered flight. > In 1978 the museum lost a big part of its collection to arson. The building, dating from 1915, lacked sprinklers. Lost was a number of irreplaceable vehicles, including a replica of the "Spirit of St. Louis" by the people who built the original, a Mercury capsule and original aircraft from both World Wars.