The Smithsonian Associates hosted this event. Good evening. Im so glad youve joined us for tonights program to our members im glad youre here. Its your ongoing support that makes events like this possible. Now is the perfect time to turn off your cellphones or anything else that might make noise 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 north carolina. And Charles Lindbergh became if thirst person to fly solo across the atlantic ocean, earhart became the first woman to complete that feat. Dorothy curates the collections of general aviation aircraft, flight material and the history of general aviation and women in aviation. Shes the coauthor of the aviation careers of igor socorsky. She earned her private pilots license in 1884. So now please join me in welcoming dorothy cochran. Well, good evening, everyone. Thank you so much. Its a pleasure to be here. I thank the Smithsonian Asso
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[applause] [applause]. Thank you everyone. [applause] good evening. [off mic] dragon. Thats why we have special and the dragon theyre always great. [applause] [off mic] lets give a round of applause. [applause] [off mic] and welcome to this years new year celebration. I am Claudine Cheng from the the San Francisco General Hospital foundation and [off mic]. [off mic]. Particular celebration because this is the first, the first of many, many of Asian Pacific cultural celebration in the new year and family and friends getting together and wishing each other a happy and healthy new year with lots of good fortune and thats what were doing here looking out at the rotundra today. This is Diverse Communities coming together and celebrating as San Francisco family and wishing all the goodness that the year can bring, hopes, optimism, all the good things so we want to thank you for being here and i would like to say a few words in chinese. [speaking foreign language] so i justin tsai to mention
[applause] [applause]. Thank you everyone. [applause] good evening. [off mic] dragon. Thats why we have special and the dragon theyre always great. [applause] [off mic] lets give a round of applause. [applause] [off mic] and welcome to this years new year celebration. I am Claudine Cheng from the the San Francisco General Hospital foundation and [off mic]. [off mic]. Particular celebration because this is the first, the first of many, many of Asian Pacific cultural celebration in the new year and family and friends getting together and wishing each other a happy and healthy new year with lots of good fortune and thats what were doing here looking out at the rotundra today. This is Diverse Communities coming together and celebrating as San Francisco family and wishing all the goodness that the year can bring, hopes, optimism, all the good things so we want to thank you for being here and i would like to say a few words in chinese. [speaking foreign language] so i justin tsai to mention
[applause] [applause]. Thank you everyone. [applause] good evening. [off mic] dragon. Thats why we have special and the dragon theyre always great. [applause] [off mic] lets give a round of applause. [applause] [off mic] and welcome to this years new year celebration. I am Claudine Cheng from the the San Francisco General Hospital foundation and [off mic]. [off mic]. Particular celebration because this is the first, the first of many, many of Asian Pacific cultural celebration in the new year and family and friends getting together and wishing each other a happy and healthy new year with lots of good fortune and thats what were doing here looking out at the rotundra today. This is Diverse Communities coming together and celebrating as San Francisco family and wishing all the goodness that the year can bring, hopes, optimism, all the good things so we want to thank you for being here and i would like to say a few words in chinese. [speaking foreign language] so i justin tsai to mention