BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//360exp//Calendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:360exp REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b2b748f4-84b9-4c31-9e01-f1764d5cca41@360exp.net SEQUENCE:29841732 DTSTAMP:20260928T034539Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260927T101213Z DTSTART:20261112T223000Z DTEND:20261113T003000Z SUMMARY:The Millionaires’ Unit: Yale and New Haven’s Aviation Pioneers: Historical Presentation by Historian Marc Wortman at New Haven M LOCATION:New Haven Museum DESCRIPTION:A pioneering aviation squadron formed by Yale University studen ts in 1916\, the First Yale Unit\, was known as The Millionaires’ Unit. The aviators came from the zenith of privilege but were driven by the beli ef that their membership in the American elite required personal sacrifice . Historian Marc Wortman will share this rarely heard history and its rele vance today during “The Millionaires’ Unit: Yale and New Haven’s Avi ation Pioneers” at the New Haven Museum on Wednesday\, November 12\, 202 6\, at 6 p.m. The event will be preceded by a reception at 5:30 p.m. Free with regular museum admission.Drawing on his book\, “The Millionaires’ Unit: The Aristocratic Flyboys Who Fought the Great War and Invented Amer ican Air Power\,” and using show historical and rare images\, Wortman wi ll demonstrate how the Millionaires’ Unit on their own initiative became the first Navy air-reserve squadron and the nucleus of the 40\,000-member U.S. Navy Air Service in World War One.Among the Millionaires’ Unit ran ks were a Rockefeller\, a Taft\, the sons of the heads of J.P. Morgan and the Union Pacific. “They had everything to live for yet were determined to be the first into the conflict during the First World War\,” says Wor tman. Among their numbers were America’s only naval Air Ace\, the first uniformed American killed in aerial combat\, the architect of America’s first strategic-bomber force\, and others who led America into military av iation.After the war\, those who survived went onto leadership in many fie lds including military and civilian aviation. Wortman adds that many leade rs of America’s air forces in World War Two and the Cold War emerged fro m the Millionaires’ Unit.Wortman learned of the Millionaires’ Unit fro m members of the modern Yale Flying Club at Tweed Airport while he was an editor of the “Yale Alumni Magazine.” “I knew much about Yale histor y and culture\, as well as military history\,” he says. “I became fasc inated by the romance of their early flying adventures\, the glamorous wor ld at Yale and the mansions of Long Island’s North Shore\, and their war time heroics\, loves and fears.”When Wortman learned of the Millionaire ’s Unit\, no book had been published about them in 75 years. “They had largely disappeared from public and even military awareness\; I felt it w as time they received modern recognition\,” he says. More than a century later\, Wortman asserts that the story remains relevant. “We live in a world in which flight is a regular part of our lives\, and aviation forms a core of military strategy and tactics. That comes directly from these yo ung men’s achievements and heroism\, just a few years after the Wright b rothers flew.”Wortman says that today’s Yale students often come from the same elite realms as these earlier aviators\, adding\, “With great p rivilege comes responsibility. Do we see that ethical belief in the studen ts at Yale and elsewhere today?”About Marc WortmanMarc Wortman\, PhD\, i s a multi-award-winning independent historian and freelance journalist. He is the author of five books on American military\, technology\, and socia l history. His most recent book\, “The Greatest Capitalist Who Ever Live d: Tom Watson Jr. and the Epic Story of How IBM Created the Digital Age\, ” was a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice. The U.S. Military History Group named his previous book\, “Admiral Hyman Rickover: Enginee r of Power\,” outstanding military history book of the year. The book wa s also selected as a National Review (online) Book of the Year. His other books are “1941: Fighting the Shadow War\, A Divided America in a World at War\,” and “The Bonfire: The Siege and Burning of Atlanta.” A fea ture-length documentary based on “The Millionaires’ Unit” is availab le on streaming services.He has written for numerous publications includin g Vanity Fair\,Smithsonian\, Rolling Stone and Time. He has appeared on CN N\, NPR\, Disney+\, C-SPAN Book TV\, History Channel\, MS Now and other br oadcast and streaming outlets. He produced the exhibit on Admiral Hyman Ri ckover now on display at the Submarine Force Museum in Groton\, CT. Follow ing college at Brown University\, he received a doctorate in comparative l iterature from Princeton University.About the New Haven MuseumThe New Have n Museum has been collecting\, preserving and interpreting the history and heritage of Greater New Haven since its inception as the New Haven Colony Historical Society in 1862. Located in downtown New Haven at 114 Whitney Avenue\, the Museum brings more than 375 years of New Haven history to lif e through its collections\, exhibitions\, programs and outreach. As a Blue Star Museum\, the New Haven Museum offers the nation’s active-duty mili tary personnel and their families\, including National Guard and Reserve\, free admission all year. For more information visit http://newhavenmuseum .org or @NewHavenMuseum or call 203-562-4183.\n\nBoletos: https://www.simp letix.com/e/the-millionaires-unit-yale-and-new-haven-s-tickets-291398 URL;VALUE=URI:https://360exp.net/events/b2b748f4-84b9-4c31-9e01-f1764d5cca4 1 STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR