Storytellers Series: Century Series Fighters – America’s Need for Speed
2023-05-18 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Aviation Museum, 500 NE Captain MIchael King Smith Way, McMinnville, OR, 97128, United States
Presenter: John Bronson
Descriptions & illustrations of the museum’s collection of American jet aircraft is highlighted. Specifically described are the Century Series Fighters; F-100 through F-106 including the design changes to achieve supersonic flight. Other jet aircraft in the museum’s collection are used for comparison to illustrate specific points.
Location: Aviation Room 201

Cost: Included with Admission

Storytellers Series: Getting to Mars in half the time! Reducing hazards for humans traveling to the Red Planet
2023-05-09 14:00 - 15:00
Presenters: John Jennings and Donn Anderson
If we are going to be serious about establishing a permanent human presence on Mars, the time it takes to get there and back must be significantly reduced. We have a rocket engine that can get us to Mars in 3 months instead of 6 months! First demonstrated way back in 1972, the nuclear thermal rocket propulsion system operated successfully for over 6,500 seconds! What does this rocket engine look like? How does its design concept produce so much thrust? And how does it compare to current rocket engines?
Location: Space Museum Galaxy Theater

Cost: Included with Admission

Storytellers Series: The Berlin Airlift - The Ultimate Canned Food Drive
2023-05-04 13:00 - 14:00 | Aviation Museum, 500 NE Captain MIchael King Smith Way, McMinnville, OR, 97128, United States
Presenter: John Bronson
Descriptions & illustrations of what led to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin, how it was addressed, and description of the aircraft used in the Airlift. Additional topics: Routes and navigation environment, Lt. Gail Halvorsen as the Candy Bomber, Airlift facts and legacy and the relationship to museum exhibits.
Location: Aviation Room 201

Cost: Included with Admission

Storytellers Series: The Terrible Teens – The Newer Fighters
2023-04-27 13:00 - 14:00 | Aviation Museum, 500 NE Captain MIchael King Smith Way, McMinnville, OR, 97128, United States
Presenter: John Bronson
Descriptions & illustrations of the Museum’s collection of the newer US fighter aircraft. Specifically described are topics that led to the development of the Teen Series as a result of the Vietnam experience. Three topics of improvement are described and illustrated in some detail: Precision Navigation, Terrain Following radar, and Precision Guided Weapons.
Location: Aviation Room 201

Cost: Included with Admission

Storytellers Series: The Air Defense Fighters – Protecting U.S.
2023-04-13 13:00 - 14:00 | Aviation Museum, 500 NE Captain MIchael King Smith Way, McMinnville, OR, 97128, United States
Presenter: John Bronson
Descriptions & illustrations of the Museum’s collection of American jet interceptor aircraft, is highlighted. Specifically described are the Fighters: F-94, F-89, F-102, F-101, F-104, and F-106, including the system equipment specifically installed for the Air Defense mission. How these aircraft are used, including where they were stationed is covered. Other elements of the entire Air Defense system are covered briefly.
Location: Aviation Room 201

Cost: Included with Admission

Storytellers Series: Living for a year in space – What affect does it have on your body?
2023-04-11 14:00 - 15:00
Presenters: Donn Anderson and John Jennings
Astronaut Scott Kelly spent almost a year in near weightlessness in orbit on the International Space Station while his identical twin Mark remained here on Earth. What have we learned about what that did to Scott versus his twin brother Mark?
Location: Space Museum Galaxy Theater

Cost: Included with Admission

Storytellers Series: Comets - What are they?
2023-03-28 14:00 - 15:00
Presenter: Gary Sohn
The appearances of comets have been known to humans for millennia. Until the sixteenth century, comets were usually considered bad omens of death. What is their origin? What do we know about comets? Probes from earth are telling us more about these celestial travelers.
Location: Space Museum Galaxy Theater

Cost: Included with Admission

Storytellers Series: Ryan Firebee Drones
2023-03-21 14:00 - 15:00
Presenter: Gary Sohn
America’s fleet of surveillance and attack drones are far older than most people realize. They’ve been dutifully getting shot out of the sky on behalf of our national interests since World War I. One of the most impressive is the Ryan Firebee.
Location: Space Museum Galaxy Theater

Cost: Included with Admission

Storytellers Series: Lucy - The First Mission to the Trojan Asteroids
2023-03-14 14:00 - 15:00
Presenter: Donn Anderson
Lucy is the first mission to study the swarms of Trojan asteroids associated with Jupiter, thought to be remnants of our early solar system. The Trojans orbit the Sun in two loose groups, with one group leading ahead of Jupiter in its path, the other trailing behind.
Location: Space Museum Galaxy Theater

Cost: Included with Admission

Storytellers Series: The Apollo Computer – Out of this World Computing
2023-03-09 13:00 - 14:00
Presenter: John Bronson
Descriptions & illustrations of the Apollo Guidance Computer, the Display and Keyboard Unit (DSKY), how the astronauts used it and how it interfaced to the remainder of the Command Module, and comparisons to show similarity with other computer systems including Windows programs.
Location: Space Museum Galaxy Theater

Cost: Included with Admission

Storytellers Series: The 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Joint Mission
2023-03-07 14:00 - 15:00
Presenter: Gary Sohn
Apollo-Soyuz was the first crewed international space mission, carried out jointly by the United States and the Soviet Union in July, 1975. Millions of people around the world watched on television as a US Apollo spacecraft docked with a Soviet capsule.
Location: Space Museum Galaxy Theater

Cost: Included with Admission

Storytellers Series: Vietnam War Aircraft - How They Were Used Part II
2023-01-05 13:00 - 14:00 | Space Museum Galaxy Theater
Presenter: John Bronson
Descriptions & illustrations of: What led to the Vietnam War, what the US was attempting to accomplish with its aircraft, illustration of the types of missions assigned to ground support aircraft, and which of the Museum aircraft accomplished each mission. Four mission types are described and illustrated in some detail: Heli-borne Attack, Fixed Wing Gunship, Radio Direction Finding (RDF), and Battlefield Reconnaissance. Through these detailed descriptions, it is shown how the several types of aircraft contributed to the conduct of the ground war.
Location: Space Museum Galaxy Theater

Cost: Included with Admission

Storytellers Series: 50th Anniversary of Apollo 17 - Last Men on the Moon
2022-12-13 14:00 - 15:00
Presenters: Donn Anderson & John Jennings
50 years ago on December 7th, five massive F-1 rocket engines rumbled to life turning night into day as Apollo 17 lifted off into the Florida sky. What was it like to witness the only night launch of a Saturn V? Come hear an eyewitness give a description of this spectacular event. Learn even more about our historic last flight to the Moon, and find out about NASA’s plans to return!
Location: Space Museum Galaxy Theater

Cost: Included with Admission

Storytellers Series: NASA's Mission to the Largest Metal Asteroid - Psyche
2022-11-08 14:00 - 15:00
Presenters: Donn Anderson & John Jennings
The vast majority of asteroids have a variety of rocky compositions. But a few asteroids are made of something really amazing: METAL! The largest is Psyche. Why are we interested in this particular and peculiar type of asteroid? What is it going to take to go there? What discoveries might we hope to make?
Location: Space Museum Galaxy Theater

Cost: Included with Admission

Storytellers Series: NASA's Deep Space Network
2022-10-11 14:00 - 15:00
Presenters: John Jennings & Donn Anderson
NASA has created a communication system that controls and receives data from many space probes and is never out of communication. The Deep Space Network involves three facilities around the Earth so that NASA never loses contact with all of its active spacecraft. We will show the three world facilities and how they keep NASA in contact 24 hours every day with its spacecraft and landers.
Location: Space Museum Galaxy Theater

Cost: Included with Admission

Storytellers Series: Reconnaissance Systems – Scanning for Truth
2022-10-06 13:00 - 14:00 | Space Museum Galaxy Theater
Presenter: John Bronson
Descriptions & illustrations of the museum’s collection of reconnaissance aircraft (including unmanned), illustrations of their onboard sensors, and how these systems are used to capture information.
Location: Space Museum Galaxy Theater

Cost: Included with Admission

Storytellers Series: In-Flight Refueling - Winning the Cold War
2022-07-26 14:00 - 15:00 | Space Museum Galaxy Theater
Presenter: Ron Williamson
The presenter served on the front lines with an Air Force In-Flight Refueling unit during the Cold War. Remember “duck and cover,” fallout shelters, Khrushchev (“we will bury you”), and Sputnik? To win the Cold War (1946-1991) aircraft needed to go the distance. We will cover the history and operations of In-Flight Refueling, the different “tanker” aircraft that flew the missions, refueling mishaps, and the future of In-Flight Refueling.
Location: Space Museum Galaxy Theater

Cost: Included with Admission

Storytellers Series: American Missiles – Evolution
2022-07-21 13:00 - 14:00 | Space Museum Galaxy Theater
Presenter: John Bronson
Descriptions & illustrations of the museum’s collection of rockets and missiles is highlighted. Specifically described are the early development of the German V1 and V2 rockets, and how this led to the initial American entries. The early intercontinental ballistic missiles, the Atlas, the Titan I, and the Titan II are covered. This evolution resulted in the widely used Minuteman missile.
Location: Space Museum Galaxy Theater

Cost: Included with Admission
