Ralph S. Glider Barnaby Monument, (sculpture).

Ralph S. Glider Barnaby Monument, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Ralph S. Glider Barnaby Monument, (sculpture).

Glider Monument, (sculpture).

ca. 1980. Dedicated June 13, 1981.

Plaque: bronze; Base: granite boulder.

Approx. 22 x 48 x 35 in.

(On plaque:) RALPH S. BARNABY/ON A FLIGHT FROM CORN HILL/OF 15 MINUTES, 6 SECONDS/BECAME THE FIRST AMERICAN/TO WIN AN INTERNATIONAL/SOARING CERTIFICATE/AUGUST 18, 1929/THIS FLIGHT WAS THE FIRST TO/EXCEED THE AMERICAN RECORD/FOR MOTORLESS FLIGHT/OF 9 MINUTES, 45 SECONDS/SET BY ORVILLE WRIGHT/AT KITTY HAWK, N.C./OCTOBER 24, 1911./THE NATIONAL SOARING MUSEUM/HARRIS HILL, ELMIRA, N.Y./AN AFFILIATE OF THE SOARING SOCIETY OF AMERICA unsigned

A bronze inscription plaque on a granite boulder. At the top of the plaque is a tiny relief of a glider plane.

Homage -- Barnaby, Ralph S.

Architecture -- Vehicle -- Airplane

History -- United States -- Aviation

Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Truro

Administered by Town of Truro, Town Hall Road, Truro, Massachusetts 02666

Located Corn Hill Road, Truro, Massachusetts

The monument marks the site where students in J. C. Penny, Jr.'s glider school launched their gliders on Corn Hill. IAS file contain a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission Form C - Monuments questionnaire dated Oct. 1984.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1994.

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.

Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

Control Number:

Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382

Powered by SirsiDynix

About | © 2020 Smithsonian | Terms of Use | Privacy | Contact

SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System