Each week american Art Facts takes viewers to historic sites around the country. Up next we visit the smithsonian national Air And Space museum. Just down the mall from the u. S. Capitol. Our guide is curator, who shows us some of the oneofakind Art Facts. Hi, im jeremy kinny. Were going through a tour of Art Facts that stand out in terms of the story of higher, faster, and farther in aviation. But first the Air And Space museum overall. It has over 8 million visitors a year between the national Mall Building and the steven huber center. So, looking at the history of flight, the area i work in, of the aircraft about 67 are on display in the national Mall Building. So, what supports the Art Facts is up to 60,000 individual small and medium Art Facts. What were going to talk about today is the story of higher, faster and farther, which is seen as a cliche but has a real meaning to it. We look at the people who made the quest of flying in the third dimension a reality. The idea of flying
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Schmidting on the Nicholas Schmidting. This is hosted by Romans Bookstore in pasadena if, california. Hi there, everyone. My name is max, and id like to thank you all for tuning in tonight with us. Were luckily to have Nicholas Schmidting schmidle. It does include a q a portion, so if youd like to ask a Question Request at any point, push the ask the Question Button at the bottom x if youd like to purchase a book [inaudible] ill go ahead and let them take over. Thank you both so much. Thank you. S thanks. Nick, greetings from whatever this is, the screen. For those who are listening, nick is calling in from london, so its 2 00 in the morning, is that correct . That is, yeah, exactly. [laughter] if he doesnt make sense, we will forgive him. I have read this book are from beginning to end, its test gods. Theres so many moves to it. Its a swashbuckling story. Its a story of excitement, its a story of speed. Its the story of Richard Branson whos one of the greatest personalities we know of