Connor, Roger
Fellowship Advisor National Air and Space Museum staffConnor, Roger
Fellowship Advisor National Air and Space Museum staffRotary-wing and V/STOL aviation; ground effect vehicles; navigation; aircraft instrumentation, avionics and flight management systems, ground support equipment; air traffic control; radar and electronic warfare; airports and infrastructure.
Background And Education
Education And Training
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Connor, Roger. 2017. "Reconsidering drone warfare." Endeavour, 41, (3) 67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.endeavour.2017.03.002. 2017
- Connor, Roger. 2015. "This Drone Can Save Your Life." Air and Space Smithsonian, 20–21. 2015
- Connor, Roger. 2012. "Even Lindbergh Got Lost." Air and Space Smithsonian, 27, (7) 28–33. 2012
- Connor, Roger. 2010. "Gettysburg and Golf Courses: Ike and the First Presidential Helicopters." White House History, (28) 82–93. 2010
- Connor, Roger. 2010. "Medevac From Luzon." Air and Space Smithsonian, 25, (2) 62–67. 2010
- Connor, Roger, Libertino, Dan, Bugos, Glenn, Naumowicz, Tim, and Hirschberg, Mike. 2009. "AIAA Recognizes Two More Vertical Flight-Related Historic Sites." Vertiflite, 55, (2) 38–43. 2009
- Connor, Roger. 2007. "AHS Creates Premier Helicopter History Website." Vertiflite, 53, (3) 60–63. 2007
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Blog Posting
- Connor, Roger. 2016. "Celebrating the Centennial of Coast Guard Aviation with the Seaguard." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum 2016
- Connor, Roger. 2015. "Halloween Horrors of the Air: 13 Terrifying Images of Aero Fashion." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum 2015
- Connor, Roger. 2015. "Phrog Farewell." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Jul 16, 2015. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/phrog-farewell/. 2015
- Connor, Roger. 2015. "Remembering Astronautics and Museum Leader Frederick Clark Durant III." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum 2015
- Connor, Roger. 2015. "Remembering Marat N. Tishchenko." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Apr 16, 2015. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/remembering-marat-n-tishchenko. 2015
- Connor, Roger. 2015. "The Tizard Mission – 75 Years of Anglo-American Technical Alliance." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum 2015
- Connor, Roger. 2014. "D-Day and the Wizard War." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Jun 5, 2014. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/d-day-and-the-wizard-war/. 2014
- Cochrane, Dorothy S. and Connor, Roger. 2014. "Recalling a First Flight and Flying "Firsts"." http://blog.nasm.si.edu Washington DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. August 19. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/recalling-a-first-flight-and-flying-firsts/. 2014
- Connor, Roger. 2014. "Remembering the Death of Lt. Joe Kennedy Jr. and America's First Combat Drones." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Aug 19, 2014. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/remembering-the-death-of-lt-joe-kennedy-jr-and-americas-first-combat-drones/. 2014
- Connor, Roger. 2014. "So, you got a drone for the Holidays…now what?" http://blog.nasm.si.edu/ Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. December 26. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/knowyourdrone/. 2014
- Connor, Roger. 2014. "Twenty Years of GPS and Instrument Flight." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Feb 24, 2014. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/twenty-years-of-gps-and-instrument-flight/. 2014
- Connor, Roger. 2013. "Amelia Earhart and the Profession of Air Navigation." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Feb 12, 2013. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/amelia-earhart-and-the-profession-of-air-navigation/. 2013
- Connor, Roger. 2013. "Finding History on eBay." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Oct 24, 2013. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/finding-history-on-ebay-2/. 2013
- Connor, Roger. 2013. "Kenneth H. Wallis." AIRSPACEBLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Sep 11, 2013. 2013
- Connor, Roger. 2013. "Remembering Wiley Post and Will Rogers." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Aug 16, 2013. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/remembering-wiley-post-and-will-rogers/. 2013
- Connor, Roger. 2013. "Rescuing the "Flying Flapper"." Time and Navigation: The untold story of getting from here to there Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Aug 1, 2013. http://timeandnavigation.si.edu/research/rescuing-the-flying-flapper. 2013
- Connor, Roger. 2013. "Wolfgang von Gronau and his Greenland "whales"." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Aug 27, 2013. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/wolfgang-von-gronau-and-his-greenland-whales/. 2013
- Connor, Roger. 2009. "Veterans Reunited." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Mar 24, 2009. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/veterans-reunited/. 2009
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Book
- Johnston, Andrew K., Connor, Roger, Stephens, Carlene E., and Ceruzzi, Paul E. 2015. Time and Navigation: The Untold Story of Getting from Here to There. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books. 2015
- Connor, Roger. 2014. Virginia Aviation. Mt. Pleasant, SC: Arcadia. 2014
- Connor, Roger and Moore, Christopher T. 2010. In the Cockpit II: Inside History-Making Aircraft of World War II. New York, NY: HarperCollins. 2010
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Chapter
- Connor, Roger. 2016. "Huey Helicopter: Steed for the "Sky Cavalry"." In Engaging Smithsonian Objects through Science, History, and the Arts. Arnoldi, Mary Jo, editor. 131–143. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. 2016
- Connor, Roger. 2015. "Flight Data Recorder F1000 ("Black Box")." In Tools: Extending Our Reach. McCarty, Cara and McQuaid, Matilda, editors. 102. New York: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. 2015
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Review
- Connor, Roger. 2023. [Book review] "The Turtle and the Dreamboat: The Cold War Flights That Forever Changed the Course of Global Aviation, by Jim Leeke." Journal of Cold War Studies, 25, (2), 253–255. https://doi.org/10.1162/jcws_r_01149. 2023
Contact
Location
- National Air & Space Museum Academic Department
