To be the first woman to make the solo trip. Smithsonian national air and Space Museum Curator Dorothy Cochrane discusses some of the theories around her disappearance. Good evening. Im lauren with Smithsonian Associates and im so glad youve joined us for tonights program. To members im glad youre here. Its your ongoing support that make events like this possible. Any of you joining us for the first time a warm welcome and the opportunity to explore the wide range of programs we offer. Now is a perfect time to turn off your cell phones. Thank you for doing that. 85 years ago this month Amelia Earhart became the first aviator to fly solo from honolulu, hawaii to oakland, california. On may 21st, 1932, exactly five years after american aviator Charles Lindbergh floyd solo across the atlantic ocean, earhart became the first woman to repeat that feat. We are thrilled to welcome Dorothy Cochrane. She curates the collections of general aviation aircraft, flight material, aerial cameras and h
Mascots. Paul the exhibition is called americans and its built on a paradox, a riddle. 2018, thex is, in United States is a country of 230 million people. 1 rican indians are perhaps of that population. Most americans live in urban areas, suburban areas, parts of the country where they never actually see American Indians. And yet, in American Daily life, images, advertising, mascots, surround people every single day. The show is about exploring the strange contradiction of how prevalent American Indians are in American Life really from the earliest memories of americans throughout their life, and yet somehow it was never really noticed much, never seemed is important. The Territorial Team decided to call this phenomenon indians everywhere. Its about normalizing whats actually a really weird phenomenon. We looked and we couldnt find any other country in which one ethnic group has been used for so many different purposes for such an extraordinarily long time into the present. We went to
Exactly five years after american aviator Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly solo across the atlantic ocean, earhart became the first woman to repeat that feat. We are thrilled to welcome dorothy cochrane, curator in the economics department. Secure is the collection of general aviation aircraft, flight material, aerial cameras, and the history of general aviation and women in aviation. She is the coauthor of the aviation careers of igor as well as an essay on Amelia Earhart that is included in the published book smithsonian american women. She earned her private pilot license in 1994 and is a member of the aircraft owners and Pilot Association and experimental aircraft association. So now please join me in welcoming dorothy cochrane. [applause] dorothy good evening, everyone. Thank you so much. Can you use the mic . Dorothy all right, i it is am. Supposed to be on. Can you hear me now . It is a pleasure to be here. I thank the Smithsonian Associates for inviting me. As i
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Anchor good evening. Im james brown. The United States warned today it will use military force if necessary against a growing Nuclear Threat from north korea. This followed the communist nations fourth of july test launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile capable of reaching this continent. We begin our coverage tonight with National Security correspondent david martin at the pentagon. Reporter kim jong un had kept his countrys first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile hidden from spy satellites until just before it was rolled into launch position and aimed into space. Powered by a twostage rocket engine, it flew for 37 minutes, long enough to reach alaska had it been aimed in that direction. There is no question weve crossed a threshold here in the north koreans ability to develop an icbm. Reporter leon panetta was c. I. A. Director and defense secretary during the obama administration. It represents a very serious National Security threat to the United States. Reporter u. S. In