,. 85 years ago this month, a millionaire heart became the first aviator to fly solo from Honolulu Hawaii to oakland california. Of course on may 21st 1932, exactly five years after american aviator Charles Lindbergh was the first person to fly solo across the atlantic ocean. Her heart was the first person person to repeat that. Dorothy curates the collections between aviation aircraft, flight material and aerial cameras, and the history of women in aviation. She is coauthor of the aviation careers of igor sick or ski, and smithsonian american women. Shes a sauna please join me in welcoming dorothy cochran. Good evening everyone, thank you so much, mike is supposed to beyond right can you hear me now its a pleasure to be here thank the Smithsonian Associates for inviting me as i walked into night i realized i remember being here with some of the people im going to talk about, as i walked in tonight, i realized that i remember to being here with some of the people im going to talk about
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
That. Nk you for doing Amelia Earhart became the first aviator to fly solo from honolulu, hawaii to oakland, california. 19 32, exactly five years after american aviator Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly solo across the atlantic ocean, ehrhardt became the first woman to repeat that feat. We are thrilled to welcome dorothy cochrane, curator in the Economics Department at the department. Of curates the collections the aircraft, flight material, aerial cameras, in the history of general aviation and women in aviation. She is the coauthor of the aviation careers in an essay on Amelia Earhart that is included in the published book smithsonian american women. She earned her private pilot license in 1994 in as a member of the aircraft owners and Pilot Association and experimental aircraft association. Please join me in welcoming dorothy cochrane. [applause] dorothy good evening, everyone. Thank you so much. I am, it is supposed to be on. Can you hear me now . It is a pleasure t
During the program. 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. 1932,rse on may 21, exactly five years after american aviator Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly solo across the atlantic ocean, ehrhardt became the first woman to repeat that feat. We are thrilled to welcome dorothy cochrane, curator at the department. She curates the collections of the aircraft, flight material, aerial cameras and the history of general aviation and women in aviation. She is the coauthor of the aviation careers 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 in as a member of the aircraft owners and Pilot Association and experimental aircraft association. Please join me in welcoming dorothy cochrane. [applause] good evening, everyone. Thank you so much. It is supposed to be on. Can you h
In celebration of womens History Month about the women of Floyd Bennett field we will talk to you a little bit. Its one of the more significant sites in the history of aviation. It is a story that doesnt get told to much anymore, but in its day, the aviators who flew at Floyd Bennett field during the 1930s were as big of celebrities as anybody you might think of. You know, you start with the age of charles lindbergh, 1927, and really, right up until world war ii, these folks were advancing Aviation Technology at an incredible rate. When you think that the first airplane flight was in 1903 with the wright brothers, we are at the dawn of the jet age. We go from a time when it was perfectly common to have biplane wood and fabric airliners to allmental monoplane airliners capable of crossing the country at 200 miles an hour carrying 22 passengers. Thats a leap in just 10 years. Its really quite a remarkable story. The women aviators of that time were very much a part of the story. Without