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History -- United States
Architecture -- Vehicle
Travel -- Air
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Fort Sam Houston
Sculpture
Birthplace of Military Aviation, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Birthplace of Military Aviation, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated March 2, 1955.
Medium:
Sculpture: gray granite; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. 7 in. x 2 ft. 7 1/2 in. x 11 in.; Base: approx. 1 ft. 1 in. x 4 ft. 1 in. x 1 ft. 10 in.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
A low relief depiction of a biplane framed by clouds.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Military history
Architecture -- Vehicle -- Airplane
Travel -- Air -- Airplane
Object Type:
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Fort Sam Houston
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of San Antonio, Parks and Recreation, 950 East Hildebrand Avenue, San Antonio, Texas 78212
Located Fort Sam Houston, Headquarters, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 78234
Remarks:
Inscription on nearby marker reads: "BIRTHPLACE OF MILITARY AVIATION"/NEAR THIS SPOT ON MARCH 2, 1910,/1ST LT. BENJAMIN D. FOULOIS, SIGNAL CORPS,/UNITED STATES ARMY, BEGAN THE SERIES/OF FLIGHTS THAT DEMONSTRATED THE VALUE/OF THE AIRPLANE AS A MILITARY WEAPON./THESE TESTS IN A WRIGHT BIPLANE STARTED/DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE LED TO THE MASSIVE/AIR FLEETS OF TODAY./THIS WAS THE FIRST MILITARY FLIGHT IN TEXAS./LT. FOULOIS STARTED THE FLIGHT/AT 9:30 A.M. AND ENDED IT AT 9:37 A.M.,/ATTAINING THE HEIGHT OF 100 FT. AND/CIRCLING THE AREA AT THE SPEED OF 50 M.P.H./THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT IN THE FIRST/GOVERNMENT-OWNED AIRPLANE BY THE FIRST/MILITARY TRAINED PILOT. ERECTED BY THE SAN ANTONIO/CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN COOPERATION WITH/THE FOURTH UNITED STATES ARMY, MARCH 2, 1955. IAS files contain a brochure from Historic Fort Sam Houston.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, San Antonio survey, 1993.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS TX000102
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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