Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois
In 1910 Benjamin D. Foulois was sent to Texas with a Wright Pusher to establish the embryo of what developed into the U. S. Army Air Corps. He had to teach himself to fly with the assistance from the Wright Brothers in a series of letters. In a career that spanned six decades, Foulois designed the first airplane radio receiver, scouted Pancho Villa's rebels from an open-cockpit Curtis JN3 and demonstrated that the airplane was no longer an experiment or novelty, but a practical tool with many use military applications.