The Aviation Adventures lecture 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 is made possible by the generous support of GE Aerospace.
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Colonel Anderson is a decorated WW II Triple Ace fighter pilot who served two combat tours escorting heavy bombers over Europe in the P-51 Mustang. Other assignment in his 30 years of military service include Korea and Southeast Asia. He has an extensive flight testing background spanning a 25 year period.
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Join Marine Corps aviator and National Air and Space Museum Director Jack Dailey for a discussion about the sacrifice, study, and decisions that defined the Marine Corps mission of battlefield mobility and responsiveness.
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Lt. Col. Christine Mau is no stranger to making history. She is the first and only woman to pilot the Department of Defense's newest fighter, the F-35. In this lecture, Lt. Col. Mau will discuss her journey accumulating more than 2,300 hours in the F-15E and F-35A. This lecture is free, but tickets are required.
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Hear a firsthand account of the USS Hornet's recovery of the Apollo 11 astronauts and spacecraft, featuring a helicopter pilot, Navy diver, and flight surgeon.
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The Global Positioning System (GPS) has become a ubiquitous, but often invisible, part of modern life.
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Imagine zooming through the air at 415 miles per hour in a personal aircraft you designed and built from scratch. That's all in a day's work for the team behind Nemesis Air Racing.
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Explore the past and future of supersonic flight.
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Find out the details of this Cold War covert operation, declassified in 2006, from one of its masterminds and the first commander, Col. Gaillard Peck, Jr.