A Statue at the Museum of Flight

The statues that we often see are great men or women, heroes, heroines, composers, musicians, artists, stars, discoverers, governors, presidents, rulers, kings and queens.

We seldom see statues of young boys or girls. Here is one. In front of the Museum of Fight at Seattle is a statue of a young lad looking at the toy plane in his left hand. A bird that lands on his shoulder also finds interest in the plane.

The copper statue looks hard, but the boy looks “real” in his T-shirt and wrinkled trousers.



I like the composition of the whole statue. It seems to me that this boy has a dream of flying someday ahead.

Do you know the title of this statue?

It is “Team effort” which has been aroused by 2 team pilots, Katharine B. Lenhart and Lieut. John J. Lenhart, U.S. Navy.