Owner Of Collier's Magazine, Offered To Lend The U.S. Army A New 1910 Wright "B" Airplane

March 1911  March 1911 After the 1909 Wright Flyer was retired, Mr. R.F. Collier, owner of Collier's magazine, offered to lend the U.S. Army a new 1910 Wright "B" airplane which he had just purchased.

The Collier plane, together with a Wright factory pilot, Mr. Phillip O. Parmalee, arrived in San Antonio in February 1911, and Foulois began to learn to fly the newer type aircraft. During the next several weeks, these two men demonstrated the advantages to be derived from using the airplane for courier duties between military units.