The quest to go higher, faster, and farther during the first halfcentury of aviation. Hi, im jeremy kinney. Were going to go through a tour of some artifacts that really stand out in terms of this story of higher, faster, and farther in the history of aviation. But first i want to talk about the air and space museum overall. The air and space museum has over 8 million visitors a year between the National Mall building and the stephen f. Udvarhazy center. Were looking at over 500 aircraft and helicopters. Of those aircraft, about 67 are on display on the National Mall building. So, what supports these artifacts is up to 60,000 individual small and medium artifacts. But what were going to talk about today is the story of higher, faster, and farther, which is scene sooen as a cliche in many ways throughout the history of aviation but actually has a real meaning to it, in which we look at the people who made this quest of flying in the third dimension a reality. And so, the idea of flying
Same way they have in the past decade. And will talk more about why this is. Make sure we discuss what our response is going to be to this evolving problem. Weekrchers just last published a major scientific report. The report made it clear if we are ever going to get ahead of the problem the Forest Service needs to respond to wildfires in a fundamentally different way. A self reinforcing cycle of counter effective actions. The same keep using tired approaches we have for the last 100 years. We need to make sure we are focused on getting different results. Common sense tells us our response these to be modified now that the problem is different. The Service Report does a great job tell great job summing up what the report needs to do. Altering the current trajectory will require a total system transformation. States thebluntly status quo increases losses we suffer from wildfires and significantly affects the ability to meet the core mission. We need new solutions. My chairg to work with
Our guide is curator jeremy kinney, who shows us some of the museums rare and oneofakind artifacts to tell the quest to go higher, faster, and further during the first half century of aviation. Jeremy kinney hello. Were going to go through a tour of some artifacts that really stand out in terms of the story of higher, faster, and farther. First, i want to talk about the museum overall. The museum has over 8 million visitors a year. Looking at the story of flight in the atmosphere, where i work in, we are looking at 500 aircraft and helicopters. Of those aircraft, about 67 are on display in the National Mall building. What supports these artifacts is up to 50,000 small and medium artifacts. Were going to talk about the story of higher, faster, and farther which is seen as a cliche in the history of aviation but has a real meaning. We look at the people who made this quest of flying in the third dimension a reality. The idea of flying to the highest altitudes, fastest speeds, and longest
General jack dailey, thank you for being with us. We have a busy night. We appreciate it. The individual who runs this facility, the most Popular Museum in the smithsonian. Thanks for your time. Could i put in a plug . Absolutely. At 8 30 tonight eastern daylight time, were going to have an Opening Ceremony for our new exhibit, the boeing milestones of flight hall, right next door to where we are now, and its open to the public. Were going to stay open all night. So, if you havent got anything else to do tonight, even if you do, come on down, because the weathers clearing here. Were going to do it outside. Were going to have a grand time. And cspan American History tv is carrying it live. Were going to show you around. Thanks again for being with us. Sure. Were going to show you around this terrific facility, this museum, and some of the artifacts, oneofakind items only here at the air and space museum. Behind me you see the wright each week american artifacts takes viewers around the
We talk with him. Were live in the newsroom. He says its his job to find weaknesses with airplanes and other vehicles that use electronic systems. But United Airlines says assertions about equipment tampering go too far. Im looking at the Entertainment System and going i know this breached. Why isnt it fixed several years after the conversations. Sitting on the flight last yankee, security researcher Chris Roberts had the thought and tweeted his fluff frustrations and gave interviews regarding his research into airplane verge. When he landed in syracuse last week, fbi agents seized it laptop and equipment. And when he tried to fly on United Airlines he was denied. His job is to make these systems safer. Keeping a security researcher off of a flight for a joke post on twitter doesnt make the flight safer, and in fact it makes Airline Security worse in general. Reporter unites Airlines Give us this response. Quote. Given mr. Robert claim he has manipulated Aircraft Systems while in flyin