Join us for a series of lectures exploring Western New York’s legacy of aviation and innovation.
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Saturday March 28th | 1:00 PM
Presented by David Faix
Join museum Docent David Faix as we celebrate women’s history month with a talk on the women who helped win World War II. The talk will explore the local women who worked on the assembly line at Bell Aircraft.
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Saturday April 11th | 1:00 PM
Presented by Jim van Oss
Join Board Member Jim van Oss as he recounts the exciting process of transporting our new Curtiss P-40 to the museum.
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Saturday April 25th | 1:00 PM
Presented by Dr. Francis S Lestingi
This visually-rich projection Lecture delves into one of the most fascinating
intellectual clashes of the 20th Century: the conflict between Nikola Tesla
and Albert Einstein over the nature of nature itself. We will show how
Einstein’s theories of relativity revolutionized our understanding of space,
time, matter, energy, and reality. In contrast, Tesla rejected relativity, clinging
to a deterministic, ether-based worldview even while pioneering alternating
current power systems, radio technology, and high-frequency electrical
innovations that electrified our modern civilization. By separating Tesla’s
genuine scientific and engineering brilliance from his philosophical and
physical misconceptions, we will offer a balanced reassessment of both men.
The result is a compelling exploration of genius, rivalry, and the dramatic
transformation of our infrastructure by Tesla and the reshaping of
civilization’s worldview by Einstein.