The celebration of the history of aviation with whimsy and humor is the focus of this kinetic sculpture/clock tower. The designs of the flying machines draw from actual historical and present-day craft, flying toys, mythology, ideas that never were realized and pure fantasy.
Inside the airport in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a little treasure. Rising above a concession vendor is an elevated sculpture consisting of fabricated, painted aluminum planes and forged, fabricated, painted steel figures. The kinetic art moves in circles both clockwise and counterclockwise. Its title is First in Flight, which is appropriate for North Carolina, where the first flight by the Wright Brothers took place. The artist, George Greenamyer, describes this piece of art like this: I certainly had enough time to admire the sculpture while transferring from one plane to another, back in July, so I took some pictures from below. The airport website lists 8 of the figures, but says there are 16. For some reason I have 18 pictures, so maybe together we can figure out why there is a different number. Did I catch some of the planes twice?
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