Few aviation mysteries have held the popular imagination like that of the disappearance of Amelia Earhart in 1937. Roger Conor will examine the contributing factors to the accident and discuss how they related to the navigational practices of the time.
The Ask An Expert lecture series at the National Mall building is presented every Wednesday at noon. A Museum staff member talks to the public about the history, collection, or personalities related to a specific artifact or exhibition in the Museum.
The Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight Gallery, located in the National Mall building, is an exhibition about the growth and influence of aviation and rocketry during the 1920s and 1930s. The fully-renovated gallery will open to the public Nov. 19, 2010.
Aircraft in this image: the Douglas World Cruiser "Chicago," the Curtiss R3C-2 Racer, the Fokker T-2, Amelia Earhart's Lockheed 5B Vega and the Lindberghs' Lockheed 8 Sirius "Tingmissartoq."