San Diego Air & Space Museum: Paper Airplane Festival 2011

Participate in a family-friendly and educational day at the San Diego Air & Space Museum, enjoying hands-on experiences while gaining insight into the science of flight by creating many fun types of paper airplanes. Discounted and Free admission information can be found below.

During the festival people of all ages may engage in hands-on activities, competitions and participate in the mass launch at the end of the festival. Attendees can learn to fold many different types of space-themed paper airplanes and enter into competitions which include farthest flight distance, longest air time, and flight accuracy.

Food will be available for purchase from the Flight Path Grill on the Museum's Observation Deck. Make sure to stay for the group launch in front of the Museum at 3:00 pm.

2011 Festival Information: 

Location - San Diego Air & Space Museum's Pavilion of Flight
Date - Saturday, March 19th, 2011 Time - 11:00 am to 3:00 pm
           Group Launch - 3:00 pm
Admission - Up to four children 17 and under FREE with paid adult admission (does not include admission to special exhibitions)

To sign up for the adult admission discount coupon, click here.

Help us spread the word with this printable flyer.

To watch a video of a previous Paper Airplane Festival, click here.

The Paper Airplane Festival is part of Balboa Park Park-Wide Science Family Day. For more information on the Park-Wide Science Family Day, click here.