The president of ForzAero will give a talk, “Adventures in Aerospace, Five Decades of Discovery,” at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Coeur d’Alene Airport.

It is free and the public is welcome.

Darold B. Cummings is considered one of the aeronautics field’s most innovative and influential designers and educators. He began his career after college when he was hired by North American Aviation as a configurator for fighter, bomber, and transport aircraft. He went on to co-design the first airborne laser, which earned him the first of his 29 patents.

In 2015, he was inducted into the “Pioneers of Stealth” for his role in developing the YF-23 Stealth Fighter in the early 1980s at Northrop. Currently, Coeur d’Alene-based Cummings works as a consultant, designing aircraft for NASA, the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and others.