Aero Club of Texas

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The Aero Club of Texas was organized July 1915 by businessmen of San Antonio and U.S. Army officers acting through the Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber was acting at the suggestion of Major General Frederick Funston, Commander of the Southern Department, U.S. Army. (It was unofficially announced as the policy of the Army to encourage civilian interest in aviation and to lend, wherever possible, practical assistance in the training of civilians.) Use was expected of the aviation field at Fort Sam Houston, just outside of San Antonio, which, in a few months, was to become the center of the Army.[1]

Not on list of ACA affiliates in Flying, July 1919, but is on list in Flying, Aug. 1919.[2]

Initial officers were: A. B. Weakley, president; Major General Frederick Funston, L. B. Clegg, and Gen. James Parker, vice presidents; Harold Kayton, secretary; and Richard Negley, treasurer.[1]

Affiliated with ACA in 1919.

  • Address: no fixed address (1919, 1920), no Cable address, no Phone (from Dir1920 I think)

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 John B. Carrington, General Secretary, San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, "Aero Club of Texas Organized", Aerial Age Weekly 12 July 1915, 402
  2. Flying 549, 627, 781 (1919); 9 Flying 50 (1920); Dir1920

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Organization names Aero Club of Texas
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Country US
City Houston, Texas
Affiliated with ACA
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Started aero 1915
Ended aero 1920 or later
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