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
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
Ran a corrupt empire. It was a strategy to identify people they thought would be weak. Reporter dennis would have another officer serve as a lookout, while she had sex in a closet, with a gang member inmate. And published reports said she hoped to earn snuches as much as 2,000 a week, smuggling contraband into the jail. Reporter bgf started in california, and later hit it big in maryland, becoming the states largest prison gang, distributing a book, and quickly developing a Network Selling drugs behind bars, where one of the gangs king pins made more than 15,000 a mont. Critics wonder how this happened. Looks like the rot is pretty longstanding and pretty deep. Those documents indictments are a direct result of our efforts. One by one, they are indicting officers. Who will be next to fall . Reporter and the latest one, ms. Dennis, will have to forgit any forfeit any money she got from this corruption scandal. She does face jail time. Her lawyer did not return our call for comment. Thos
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Music and dense fog are making this halloween. Sharon is watching the roads. Marty is over at first warning weather. Good morning. Lets take a look at first warning doppler weather radar. What were seeing is a clear scan. Ill show it to you here in just a second. 54 degrees on tv hill is the reason we have fog. A big warm front is pressed up over the area. Almost 10 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. By lunch 68 on its way to a high of 72 on the 31st day of october with gray skies. Don, take it away. Thank you. Fog also a factor on this mornings hurry up. Here is Sharon Gibala at wjz traffic control. Good morning. We are seeing fog on our Traffic Cameras. It hasnt seemed to effect thin. Speeds 55 on the top and west sides of the beltway. 56 and 54 on 95 southbound between white marsh and the tunnel. Thats a look at the foggy west side of the beltway there at exit 17. Theres another look at Spaghetti Junction which apparently we have problem with that camera. Now wjz has the stori