The Aviation Adventures series is the National Air and Space Museum's longest-running sponsored program, spotlighting everything from icons of aviation like Sikorsky helicopters and the Navy’s TOPGUN school, to modern-day advancements in aviation like sustainability efforts and the future of supersonic flight.

This lecture series is made possible by the generous support of GE Aerospace.

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Past Aviation Adventures Lecture Series Events

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Jerrie Mock: Charting New Horizons in Aviation History for the Next Generation Presented Online
National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
 - The Pan Am Stewardess at War and Peace  Presented Online
National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
 - Congressman Charles C. Diggs Jr. and the Desegregation of Commercial Air Transportation  Presented Online
National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
 - Taking on Challenges with Intention: Making History in the Lockheed U-2 Presented Online
National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
 - Sean D. Tucker: A Passion for Aviation Presented Online
National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
 - The Flying Eye Hospital: Medicine Meets Aviation Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
 - Flying Upside Down: How Chuck Aaron Created Helicopter Aerobatics Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
 - <em>Top Gun</em> Then and Now Presented Online
 - Centennial of a Pioneering Pilot: Bessie Coleman Presented Online
 - Working Toward Greener Skies Presented Online
 - Fast Forward: The Concorde and the Future of Supersonic Flight National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
 USS Hornet: Stories of the Apollo 11 Recovery National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC