From the July 22, 2014, Goldsboro (NC) News-Argus. AP.
CHARLES TAYLOR created the engine that made historic flight.
And, a guy most, including myself, have never heard of before. Without him, no amount of Wright designing would have resulted in that historic flight.
DAYTON, OHIO. "The man who built the engine for Orville and Wilbur Wright's first powered flight has finally gotten his due."
Charles Taylor, a mechanic in the Wright brothers' bicycle shop in Dayton, built the engine that took them on the flight at Kitty Hawk, NC, on December 17, 1903.
On Monday, a bronze bust of Mr. Taylor was unveiled at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton. I went right by the place yesterday in my trip to North Carolina.
Something Else to See at the Museum. --Cooter
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