Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. MAJOR GENERAL FOULOIS FIRST CROSS COUNTRY TRIP (INTERVIEW), ANDREWS AFB, MARYLAND

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. MAJOR GENERAL FOULOIS FIRST CROSS COUNTRY TRIP (INTERVIEW), ANDREWS AFB, MARYLAND

1965

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Coverage of interview with Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois, showing him looking at picture of himself and other flyers in front of JN-3', then discussing the flight from Ft. Sill to Ft. Sam Houston, 439 miles from 11/19-26/1915, the first squadron cross country flight.

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Foulois, Benjamin Delahauf, 1879-1967

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Benjamin "Benny" Delahauf Foulois (December 9, 1879 – April 25, 1967) was a United States Army general who learned to fly the first military planes purchased from the Wright Brothers. He became the first military aviator as an airship pilot, and achieved numerous other military aviation "firsts". He led strategic development of the Air Force in the United States. Foulois was born in Washington, Connecticut to a Franco-American pipe-fitter and a Boston-born nurse. At age 18, he used his older...