Chuck Stout
The museum’s Curator Emeritus has been involved in both aerospace and museum work his entire adult life. Chuck learned to fly as a teenager and has been an active pilot ever since, but ironically, has never flown for a living. However, he has helped to design, build and test satellites, helped to write and illustrate dozens of books and online courses to train pilots, created scores of museum exhibits, and given hundreds of presentations on science and aerospace topics. He’s passionate about encouraging Americans to improve their critical thinking skills, and especially likes sharing his interest in aerospace history. Whether in an elementary school classroom or a senior center, his lively presentations encourage interaction and keep audiences engaged, interested, and entertained.
Speaking Topics:
- Colorful Coloradans in Aerospace History
- The 20 Greatest Moments in Flight (that you never heard of)
- Everyday Life in Space (So, how do astronauts go to the bathroom, anyway?)
- Best. Race. Ever. (To the Moon and back!)
- What Has the Space Program Done for YOU?
- Women in Aviation: Determined Pioneers
- Did Going to the Moon Save the Earth?
- Those Dang Little Airplanes: Menace or Necessity?
- Flying with Broken Wings: Pilots Who Overcame Disabilities
- How Airplanes Fly
- What Makes a Hero?
- Invisible Heroes in Aerospace
- From Biplanes to Atomic Bombs: The astonishing changes in aviation technology during World War II
- How to Have a Great Career
- Six Major Air Disasters that Never Happened
- Aerobatics: Gymnastics in the Sky
- What Makes Weather
- Poetry, Prose, and… Pilots? (Aviators with the Write Stuff)
- Night Sky (Naked-eye astronomy)
- A Really Grand Tour
- What We’ve Learned from Flying
- Science Fiction Coming True
Contact Chuck: charlesrstout@cs.com