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	Foulois
		In his memoirs, Foulois jokingly stated that he liked to think he was chosen on the basis of intellectual and technical ability, but he realized later that it was his 5-foot-6-inch stature, light 126-pound weight, and map-reading ability that turned the trick.
		Foulois was given a chance to rebut the charges and made his case so convincingly that Secretary of War George H. Dern, no friend of his, wrote a letter in his defense.
		Although the Army inspector general report exonerated Foulois of all wrongdoing, it criticized his “exaggerated, unfair, and misleading statements to a Congressional committee.” Foulois received a slap on the wrist to mollify the Rogers subcommittee and was admonished not to use “unorthodox language” against the War Department General Staff.
	www.afa.org /magazine/feb2003/0203foulois.asp (3123 words)

	U.S. Air Force Military Biographies: Major General Benjamin D. Foulois.(United State... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Benjamin Delahauf Foulois was born in Washington, Conn., in 1879.
		During this tour in the Philippines General Foulois worked on mapping and exploring various parts of the island of Mindanao, as well as participating in engagements against the Moros on the islands of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago.
		Under the command of General Foulois, the squadron then participated in the Mexican Punitive Expedition (March to August 1916) with General John J. Pershing, the supreme command of the expedition.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:126071472&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (1447 words)

	Foulouis - 1994
		On February 10, 1910, Foulois, eight enlisted men, one civilian mechanic, and one badly damaged aeroplane moved onto the mounted drill field on the northwest section of Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
		Foulois and his "flying soldiers" had a mission of operational test and evaluation in Texas.
		Foulois also conducted aerial photography experiments and is credited with making the first aerial map from an airplane, which was from Fort Sam Houston to Texas City, Texas.
	texcom-www.army.mil /otcweb/fulouis.htm (179 words)

	Today in Technology History - Dec 9
		Benjamin Delahauf Foulois was born in Connecticut on December 9, 1879.
		Foulois became avidly interested in aviation, and he piloted the U.S. Army's first dirigible.
		Major General Foulois fought long and hard for the creation of an independent air force and, although he retired in 1935, he lived to see the establishment of the U.S. Air Force in 1947.
	www.tecsoc.org /pubs/history/2002/dec9.htm (395 words)

	Benjamin D. Foulois 1879-1967 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Foulois, Benjamin D. American aviation pioneer who was chief of the Army Air Corps from 1931 to 1935.
		Foulois, Benjamin D. and Glines, C. From the Wright Brothers to the Astronauts: The Memoirs of Benjamin D. Foulois.
		In Memoriam: Benjamin Delahauf Foulois, Maj Gen, Ret (1879-1967) (Obituary).
	www.au.af.mil /au/aul/bibs/great/foul.htm (727 words)

	The road to powered flight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Foulois and a band of enlisted men reported for duty at Fort Sam Huston in San Antonio in February 1910.
		Foulois procured a saddle strap when he then used to tie himself to part of the aircraft.
		Foulois arranged for the Army's first plane to be refitted to its original configuration and turned over to the Smithsonian.
	aia.lackland.af.mil /homepages/pa/Spokesman/oct03/heritage.cfm (3580 words)

	Aviation Safety at Fort Sam Houston, 1910 - 1911
		Lt Foulois, later to be promoted to Major General and serve as the Chief of the Air Service, was for a period of time the only aviator in the Heavier Than-Air Division, Signal Corps, U.S. Army (The USAF Academy Library, undated).
		Foulois (1911) devotes three pages to the pre-flight inspection, to be made by the Pilot and Mechanic.
		Lt Foulois was, by his actions, a strong force in the development of military aviation safety.
	www.airforcebase.net /early/safety.html (1592 words)

	Benjamin D. Foulois: In The Beginning
		Foulois responded with a few remarks on the state of the nation and the world, then pointing to the paneled entrance said: "I hope to see President Barry Goldwater walk through that door next year." There were no late departures from the ceremony.
		Foulois' s campaign had paid off, but his persistence created such resentment toward him that there was virtually no chance the Army would allow the Chief of the Air Corps to command the new organization when it was brought to life.
		Foulois, well aware in the spring of 1934 that some members of Congress were after his scalp, decided this was the time to show his fellow board members what a cooperative person he really was.
	www.ascho.wpafb.af.mil /Foulois/chap23.htm (10368 words)

	Benjamin D. Foulois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Foulois came from a humble background and was physically unimpressive; worse, he lacked the charisma of his contemporary and chief rival within the air arm, Billy Mitchell.
		Shiner depicts Foulois as a poor administrator and notes he was not a deep thinker and did little to foster the development of strategic airpower doctrine during his tenure.
		Foulois reveals that the animosity between Mitchell and himself began in 1916 when he and the 1st Aero Squadron were sent to Mexico with John Pershing in a futile attempt to catch the bandit Pancho Villa.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/cc/foul.html (699 words)

	Maj Gen Benjamin D. Foulois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Benjamin D. Foulois was the Army Signal Corps' official observer in the passenger seat of the Wright Flyer when Orville Wright passed the all-important speed trial on July 30, 1909.
		Foulois later described his role in that historic flight, "I would like to think that I was chosen on the basis of my intellectual and technical ability, but I found out later that it was my short stature, light weight, and map-reading experience that tipped the decision in my favor."
		Foulois was one of the few brave men who chose to endure personal and professional retaliation for his outspoken support for an air force independent of Army control.
	www.ascho.wpafb.af.mil /birthplace/FOULOIS.htm (324 words)

	U.S. Army Aviation Museum \| preserving the Past... for the Future
		The engine was the same as in the 1908 aircraft, but the 1909 model had a smaller wing area with modifications to the rudder and the wiring.
		Frank P. Lahm and Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois, as future Army pilots, were the Wrights' passengers.
		For the final acceptance flight, Orville Wright chose Lt. Foulois to be his passenger because he was short, slender and could read a map.
	www.armyavnmuseum.org /history/spotlight/wrightflyer3.html (424 words)

	Foulois
		Benjamin Delahauf Foulois (1879-1967), a boy from Washington Depot, Connecticut with an 11th-grade education, enlisted in the Army as a private at the age of 16 to fight in the 1898 Spanish-American...
		Foulois, a small band of early Army airmen experimented with various aircraft and formed an operational unit, the 1st Aero Squadron, in December 1913.
		Foulois, and Frederick E. Humphreys are selected to learn to fly an airplane with Wilbur Wright at College Park, Maryland, on the grounds of the current College Park Airport (see "Pilotage: What's...
	benrichmond.quirerichmond.com /foulois (982 words)

	Symposium Papers @ the Libraries
		Squier, Foulois, and Lahm reached general officer rank; Squier and Foulois ultimately headed the Army's air arm, Squier as Chief Signal Officer and Foulois as Chief of the Air Corps.
		Foulois started one watch as they passed the mark at Fort Myer, stopping it at Alexandria, then started the other as they passed the balloon after the turn, stopping it as they crossed over Fort Myer.
		Benjamin D. Foulois, with C. Glines, From the Wright Brothers to the Astronauts: The Memoirs of Major General Benjamin D. Foulois (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968) pp 54-56; McFarland, p 924.
	www.libraries.wright.edu /special/symposium/chenoweth.html (3504 words)

	Benjamin Delahauf Foulois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Foulois became chief of the AEF Air Service when the U.S. entered World War I and led his squadrons in many aerial dogfights.
		After the war, he became assistant chief of the Army Air Corps in 1927 and assumed the office of Air Corps Chief in 1931 as a Major General.
		Foulois retired from active duty in 1935, but spent the rest of his life devoted to aviation and the mighty Air Force he helped create.
	www.hill.af.mil /museum/history/foulois.htm (188 words)

	Untitled
		On February 9, 1934, as the "Airmail Scandal" filled the nation's newspapers, Major General Benjamin Foulois, Chief of the Army Air Corps, was called to the office of Second Assistant Postmaster General Harllee Branch.
		Within an hour Foulois was back in his office at the Munitions Building informing his assistant chief of staff that the Air Corps might have to carry the mail at some future date.
		Foulois remembered, "His face was flushed and I sensed immediately that I was precisely the man he was looking for and I was in trouble.
	www.suite101.com /print_article.cfm/us_history_1929_1945/61654 (1206 words)

	Benjamin D. Foulois
		Three days later, accompanied by Lieutenant Benjamin Delahauf Foulois, Orville made the first cross-country flight in America: from Fort Meyer to Alexandria and back, a round trip of 10 miles at the fast average speed of 42.58 m/hr.
		Foulois first envisioned the concept of military airpower when he was the Army's only aviator, long before Billy Mitchell had even learned to fly.
		Benjamin D. Foulois was elected to be an Honorary Fellow
	www.rcooper.0catch.com /efoulois.htm (1243 words)

	Fad to Fundamental: Airmail in America
		On February 9, 1934, Major General Benjamin D. Foulois, Chief of the Army Air Corps, was asked to meet with representatives of the Post Office Department and Commerce Department.
		Foulois was asked if the army could handle the U.S. airmail service.
		Foulois replied that yes, he believed they could.
	www.postalmuseum.si.edu /airmail/airmail/public/airmail_public_army_long.html (856 words)

	washingtonpost.com: When All the Fourth-Grade Teachers Quit
		She was first told her daughter would be moved to another class, but when that did not happen she was told that her daughter's designated new teacher had decided to quit.
		In fact, she learned, all four of the fourth-grade teachers at Foulois were leaving, despite it being the middle of the school year when good replacements would be nearly impossible to find.
		Lynetta McMillon, Foulois PTA president, said the school moved quickly to find substitutes for the teachers who were leaving, but many parents were unhappy with the sudden changes.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A46379-2005Apr12?language=printer (1580 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Benjamin Foulois
		Benjamin D. Foulois, 1879-1967, was a US Army Officer and a pioneering airman.
		Foulois served on the aviation staff of the American Expeditionary Force in France during World War I. Foulois served as the chief of the Air Corps from 1931-1935.
		General Foulois is a member of the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Benjamin_Foulois (122 words)

	Air & Space Power Journal: Maj Gen Benjamin D. Foulois: America's first military aviator
		Benjamin D. Foulois belonged to the first generation of US airmen who moved the Air Service from its rudimentary beginnings to full stature as an independent service.
		Mitchell and Foulois clashed over who was to blame for the squadron's lackluster performance in Mexico, and the two remained bitter rivals for the test of their careers.
		After a series of important assignments in the 1920s, Foulois reported to the Office of the Chief of Air Corps in 1930 and earned the Mackay Trophy in 1931 for leading the Air Corps's manual exercises.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0NXL/is_4_17/ai_113563546 (911 words)

	Maj. Gen. Benjamin Foulois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Foulois enlisted as a volunteer in 1898, about six months later, he rejoined the Infantry as a private.
		Foulois was then assigned to the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, Washington, D.C. During this tour he operated the first dirigible balloon purchased by the U.S. government.
		Transferring to Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, Foulois was in charge of the first airplane owned and used in the service of the U.S. Army.
	www.af.mil /news/story.asp?storyID=123007584 (447 words)

	First Flight Shrine: Major General Benjamin Delahauf Foulois - The First Flight Society - The First Flight Society
		enjamin "Benny" Delahauf Foulois is considered the "father of U.S. military aviation" since he was the first United States officer assigned to pilot a military airplane.
		A year later, Foulois and Philip Parmalee, a civilian pilot trained by the Wrights, made the first military reconnaissance flight during maneuvers along the Rio Grande.
		Lieutenant Foulois was later promoted to Major General and served as Chief of the Army Air Service until his retirement in 1935.
	www.firstflight.org /shrine/benjamin_fooulois.cfm (152 words)

	040321 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Foulois Award is given annually to the Air Force major command that achieved the best flying safety record, and is determined by the Air Force chief of staff.
		This is the fourth time AMC has been awarded the Foulois Award.
		Benjamin D. Foulois Memorial Award is the original Daedalians trophy, and it was first presented in 1938.
	public.amc.af.mil /news/2004/March/040321.htm (409 words)

	Walter R. Taliaferro
		He was evidently also close to then 2nd Lt Ben Foulois who eventually became Chief Army Air Corp before retiring in 1932.
		Taliaferro and Foulois' wives were often seen at social events in town and were also passengers in the planes which their husbands flew (things have changed!).
		He did indeed set many records while at North Island but unfortunately at the time he was doing this, other Army and civilian pilots were also setting records.
	www.rcooper.0catch.com /etaliafe.htm (995 words)

	Early Military Aviation History in Texas
		Foulois was ordered to take the airplane and a group of eight enlisted men to Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio.
		Foulois is probably the only pilot ever to learn to fly by mail!
		As a result, the pusher was subject to some hard landings and finally a crash that severely damaged it.
	www.vintageaviation.org /history/texAv.html (2119 words)

	BENJAMIN D (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Focuses on the influence of the Wrights brothers on the interest of 1st lieutenant Benjamin D. Foulois in aviation in the U.S. Personal information of Foulois; Support of the Wrights brother on the flight experiment of Foulois; Achievements of Foulois in his interest.
		The Army Air Arm in Transition: General Benjamin D. Foulois and the Air Corps, 1931-1967.
		Conviction in the advantages of air power; Description of his character; Action taken to be able to enter the Army in 1897; Passion for military life.
	www.au.af.mil /au/aul/school/ots/fou.htm (595 words)

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		Shiner, John F. “The Army Air Arm in Transition: General Benjamin D. Foulois and the Air Corps, 1931-1935.” PhD dss, OSU, 1975.
		Foulois and the U.S. Army Air Corps, 1931-1935.
		“The General and the Subcommittee: Congress and U.S. Army Air Corps Chief Benjamin Foulois, 1934-35.” Jrnl Mil Hist 55 (Oct 1991): pp.
	carlisle-www.army.mil /usamhi/Bibliographies/ReferenceBibliographies/Biographies/fouloisbenjamin.doc (183 words)

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		Orville Wright and Lt. Benjamin Foulois round Shuter's Hill, Alexandria, Virginia during the final test flight for the first military aeroplane.
		Orville Wright and Lt. Benjamin Foulois round Shuter's Hill in Alexandria, Virginia just before sundown on July 30, 1909, half-way through the final test leading to U.S. purchase of the first military aeroplane.
		Orville, with Benny Foulois as observer, completed the 10 mile round trip from Fort Myer to Alexandria, Virginia with an average speed of 42.58 mph.
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	Ross & Perry, Inc. - Foulois and the U. S. Army Air Corps
		Benjamin Foulois and his tenure as chief of the Air Corps.
		Between 1931 and 1935É Benjamin Foulois made many mistakes not the least of which was his unqualified assurance to President Roosevelt in 1934 that the Air Corps could fly the domestic mails.É Foulois clashed repeatedly with the War Department.
		He believed passionately in the burgeoning importance of the Army air arm and its need for freedom from Army controlÉ.
	www.rossperry.com /details.asp?from=other&id=175 (346 words)

	TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Standstill -- Mar. 26, 1934 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		For seven full days the domestic airmail stood stockstill while the Army, knocked breathless by ten deaths, caught its second wind on the ground.
		The man responsible for the standstill order was Major-General Benjamin D.
		President Roosevelt had commanded an end to Army airmail deaths and the only way to execute that command was to keep flyers out of the air until conditions could be improved.
	www.time.com /time/archive/printout/0,23657,747278,00.html (149 words)

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