In 1929, Charles and Anne Lindbergh used a Graflex RB camera, a popular model of its day, to conduct aerial archaeological surveys of Pueblo ruins in the American Southwest and Mayan ruins in Mexico, finding several hidden from ground view. Join aeronautics curator Dorothy Cochrane as she discusses the value of aviation and aerial photography to archeological research in remote areas.
Meet at the nose of the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird in the Boeing Aviation Hangar.
About the Ask an Expert Series: A few times a month at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, a Museum staff member talks to the public about the history, collection, or personalities related to a specific artifact or exhibition in the Museum. For topics of upcoming Ask and Expert talks at the Udvar-Hazy Center, click here.
Charles and Anne Lindbergh used this camera, a popular model of its day, during archeological surveys of Pueblo ruins in the Southwest and Mayan ruins in Mexico in 1929.