Roost Air Lounge => Aviation related topics => Topic started by: Mike on May 31, 2008, 12:15:23 AM
Title: Happy Birthday Chuck (Taylor) !
Post by: Mike on May 31, 2008, 12:15:23 AM
Subject: Happy Birthday Charles Taylor
Happy Birthday Chuck!!!!!! For those that don't know, Charles Edward Taylor was the Wright Brothers mechanic. If it were not for him and his abilities, the Wright Brothers would have been known as really great kite builders with a bicycle shop. He designed and built an aluminum water-cooled engine from scratch in only six weeks, based partly on rough sketches provided by the Wrights. The engine that he built produced 12 horsepower.
It is the shoulders of this Giant that all aircraft mechanics stand on today.
Charles Taylor was;
The first aircraft mechanic;
The first aircraft manufacture;
The first aircraft engine manufacture;
The first accident investigator;
The first airport manager;
One of two mechanics involved the first successful transcontinental flight in 1911, (It took 84 days);
Aviation Maintenance Technician Day is observed in 45 U.S. States on May 24th, Taylor's birthday.
He died penniless and alone in the hospital in 1956 at age 87.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Chuck (Taylor) !
Post by: airtac on May 31, 2008, 12:28:15 AM
"Died penniless"-----and unrecognized !!! :-\ Something wrong with that picture...........
Here's to you Chuck Taylor |:)\ |:)\ |:)\ |:)\
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Chuck (Taylor) !
Post by: AirtransRecon on May 31, 2008, 12:34:44 AM
Happy Birthday Chuck. Thought I was going to stump the Old Man with this bit of trivia....turns out I was wrong.
/Old Man is a mechanic //Old Man knows more than you think ///Old Man will kick your ass in an aircraft/ drinking trivia challenge.
Seems I have a shot to take...
KW
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Chuck (Taylor) !
Post by: TheSoccerMom on May 31, 2008, 02:40:36 AM
There's nothing more wonderful, and valuable, than a talented mechanic.
Except maybe TWO.
Hat's off!!!!!!!!
|:)\
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Chuck (Taylor) !
Post by: Oddball on May 31, 2008, 07:04:44 AM
|:)\ here's to the first of the many ::drinking::
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Chuck (Taylor) !
Post by: Fabo on May 31, 2008, 11:04:13 AM
