Well, good evening. Im chris brown, the Deputy Director of the Smithsonians National air and museum. And it is my to welcome you to tonights aviation lecture. Since 1982, this lecture series has spotlighted more than 140 of the biggest names in modern aviation history. Like all of our public programs. This lecture is presented free of charge. This is possible. Thanks. Through the generous support ge Aviation Private contributions like theirs are critical to our programs and exhibitions and it is my privilege to acknowledge them for their longstanding and valued. Representing ge aviation with us tonight is lisa crerar barclay, Digital Solutions leader of military Systems Operations at ge aviation. Lisa, to you and your colleagues at g. E. , we thank you for substantial and enduring support. Since we opened the museum here on the mall in 1976 and the uber hazy in chantilly in 2003. More. 350 Million People have walked through our doors to be informed and inspired by the history of flight
To be in the company. Reporter when you, as a photographer, take a step back and look at this collection as a whole, what do you think the value is of the collection . What does it do for history . Mr. Draper it gives it a home. It is very important to have access to something as important, the story of a president. And so, to me, it is everything. It is huge. You cant put a number, you cant put a value on that. It is very important. I am glad that the center is here and exists in this way. Reporter is there anything else you would like to share or talk about while we are here, any other thoughts . I know you have had a chance to interact with some of the other photographers in the past 24 hours. Anything coming out of that experience . Mr. Draper it is great to hear their stories. It is almost like you have these walking, talking history books right in front of you. The fact that this is a rare opportunity that everyone is in the same place at one time, i am trying to take advantage o
Like all of our public programs, this lecture is prevented is presented free of charge. This is possible thanks to the generous support of g. E. Aviation. Private contributions like theres are critical to our programs and exhibitions. Tois my privilege acknowledge them for their long and outstanding support. Joining us is the Digital Solutions leader of military solutions. Lisa, our colleagues at g. E. , we thank you for your substantial and enduring support. [applause] mr. Browne since we opened the museum on the mall, and our center in chantilly in 2003, more than 250 Million People have walked through our doors to be informed and inspired by the history of flight and space travel. Drawing from the museums priceless collection of iconic artifacts and intellectual trust, our curators, volunteers, curators, educators, volunteers, and others, and ever and others, endeavor to tell stories about aerospace and how it is defined and shaping the american experience. This evening we are joine
Career during his freshman year which he described as disastrous. He then enlisted in the army in 1966. The result of various standardized tests characterize him for officer candidacy school. He was then placed in the artillery. He would on to go to the school of welfare warfare where he in language, counterinsurgency and special tactics. In may of 1968 he was sent to vietnam as a advisor to a various mall regional unit. With the he worked enemies militia units. In may of 1969 he returned to the United States. He would back to College First to the university of michigan and then returned to college. He went on to get a phd in philosophy at the university of California Center rooms with a curious timing that i graduated in the spring of 1972 from the same college. It was a sort of changing of the guard. He arrived in the graduate program in the fall of 1972. Earlier in the day i made a comparison to our mascot. I am not doing that tonight. It suffers by comparison. We will talk about th
Relationship of saudi arabia to the perpetrators , which might start the trail of information that would lead to their involvement in 9 11. Again, thats the kind of information which in open thatssion with materials have in held, made available, could probably answer. Announcements before the last question. If you upcoming programs. September 8, efforts to secure new gun control and solution. Greg walden will be here to discuss efforts to keep and build on the gop House Majority on the im with the donald trump. And then secretary ash carter will speak. You, beforetion to we go to the book signing, which will be in the room next door. As the former chair of the Senate Intelligence committee, what do you think of donald trump now receiving classified briefings . Senator graham i think it is not only in the tradition of recent years, but it is very valuable that a person not show up on the first day of the job as president of the United States ignorant about what the conditions in the wor