IND unveils a new statue today to commemorate a Hoosier aviation hero

WHAT: Join us today as we honor history at IND. We host the unveiling of a seven-foot tall bronze statue in the likeness of Col. Harvey Weir Cook. He was a pioneer of commercial and military aviation in Indiana who helped found the city’s first principal airport, the Indianapolis Municipal Airport, in 1931. It is today’s Indianapolis International Airport (IND). The statue will be placed on prominent display at the center entrance to the Ticketing Hall of the Weir Cook Memorial Terminal.

WHO:

Members of the Col. H. Weir Cook family

Indiana artist Bill Wolfe

Sincerus Foundry general manager Steve Giese

Military/Veterans Coalition of Indiana

Weir Cook Memorial Project Team

Rolls-Royce executives (lead sponsor of the donation-funded statue)

Indianapolis Airport Authority officials

WHERE: Inside the center entrance from the upper (departure) level to the Col. H. Weir Cook Memorial Terminal Building’s Ticketing Hall.

WHEN: Today at 10 a.m.