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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Five black women wearing flight suits walk in front of two Coast Guard helicopters. They are looking at each other, talking and smiling as they wall.
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Women Take Flight: Stories of Air and Sea from the U.S. Coast Guard

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA and Presented Online
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A group of 10 women wearing flight suits pose in front of a fighter jet.
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The Path to Equality for Women Military Aviators

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA and Presented Online
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Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock and her Cessna 180 Spirit of Columbus
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Jerrie Mock: Charting New Horizons in Aviation History for the Next Generation

National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC and Presented Online
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A US military member photographs a group of flight attendants
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The Pan Am Stewardess at War and Peace 

National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC and Presented Online
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A group of African-American people pose and wave on the boarding steps of an aircraft.
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Congressman Charles C. Diggs Jr. and the Desegregation of Commercial Air Transportation 

National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC and Presented Online
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A black woman wearing a pressure suit stands in front of a Lockheed U-2.
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Taking on Challenges with Intention: Making History in the Lockheed U-2

National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC and Presented Online
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Red biplane flies inverted over dark water, smoke plume coming off the top
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Sean D. Tucker: A Passion for Aviation

National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC and Presented Online
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A plane taking off that reads "Orbis, Flying Eye Hospital, orbis.org" on the side.
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The Flying Eye Hospital: Medicine Meets Aviation

At the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center and Online
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Portrait of a Chuck Aaron alongside a helicopter being piloted upside down
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Flying Upside Down: How Chuck Aaron Created Helicopter Aerobatics

At the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center and Online
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Grumman F-14 Tomcat at the Udvar-Hazy Center
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Top Gun Then and Now

Presented Online
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A woman stands on the wing of an airplane.
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Centennial of a Pioneering Pilot: Bessie Coleman

Presented Online
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airliner framed by trees
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Working Toward Greener Skies

Presented Online
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