On March 2, 1910, Benjamin Foulois coaxed a 30-horsepower, two-propeller biplane to 200 feet — barely over one-fourth the height of today's Tower of the Americas.
Army 1st Lt. Benjamin Foulois piloted the Army's first biplane, created by Orville and Wilbur Wright, at Fort Sam Houston.Aviation enthusiasts gathered Thursday at the site of the U.S. military’s first airplane flight, which took place in the skies above Fort Sam Houston 113 years ago.
On the day of the first flight, Foulois coaxed the 30-horsepower, two-propeller biplane to a height of 200 feet — barely over one-fourth the height of today’s Tower of the Americas in downtown San Antonio. He took off at 9:30 a.m. and circled the parade grounds at 50 mph before landing. He took off three more times that day.
Foulois made many mechanical improvements, including a seatbelt after almost being thrown from the airplane during a turbulent flight and wheels instead of skids, that were incorporated into future airplane designs as he flew in the skies above Texas. He also demonstrated radio communications from the airplane and eventually helped organize the Air Corps for wartime victories.
Brooks Field on the southeast corner of San Antonio opened in 1917 to train balloon pilots and later hosted, in addition to other missions, the Air Force’s School of Aerospace Medicine. Researchers there helpedSpeaking at the dedication ceremony for the School of Aerospace Medicine and the Aerospace Medical Centerat Brooks Air Force Base, President John F.
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