Charles Taylor Award Page
This page provides information about Charles E. Taylor, his accomplishments and the FAA Award the bears his name.
Our Next Event:
February Meeting, Tuesday the 14th.
Ed Bannen of Honeywell will give a presentation on "Next Gen" airspace and equipment.
Lane Aviation
Gathering 5:30
Dinner 6:00
We're looking for presenters as we build our meeting calendar for the rest of next year. If you have a technical presentation around an hour in content and have held back due to the cost of the meeting sponsorship, please contact us at mail@copama.org .
We have resources ready to fund the cost of the meeting that do not have a presentation to give.
Coming Up on the Calendar
Ohio Aviation Maintenance Symposium
March 14th/15th at CSCC AMT Bolton Field.
Tim Sokol of
FAASTeam will
give a presentation on "Aviation Maintenance - Past, Present and Future."
April 10th at Lane Aviation.
Alan Harding will give a presentation about the Ohio Aviation Association at our May 8th meeting.
Central Ohio Aviation Golf Outing
Friday, September 7th
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Holiday Dinner Dec 6th!
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CSCC Announces FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Center
Charles E. Taylor, the Third Wright Brother.
The Charles Taylor Award
The Federal Aviation Administration established The Charles Taylor Award to recognize the lifetime accomplishments of Senior Mechanics. To earn this award, person must work on N registered aircraft for 30 to 50 years and have 50 years of contribution to the Aviation Industry.
The award consists of a certificate and lapel pin with the spouse of the recipient also receiving a smaller version of the lapel pin for their contribution to that long career.
With Central Ohio being on of the early contributors in Aviation history, we have many Charles Taylor Award recipients of our own. We are proud of them for they are/were our mentors, supervisors, instructors, leaders, co-workers and friends. May we ever be grateful for their efforts to maintain the aircraft we fly on and fly over us and helped to keep us safe.
The Recipient Database link below, lists the names of the recorded Roll of Honor and at the time of writing this section, was last updated on May 15th with 1550 honorees. A search of the data shows 55 from the State of Ohio, 16 from the towns and cities of our chapter. Men from Blacklick, Canal Winchester, Columbus, Gahanna, Johnstown, Westerville and Zanesville.
Just like any database, it is only as accurate as those who have knowledge of it's contents. I would encourage you to search for those you know who have received this award and verify that they are included in the list and their data is correct. Only 3 of the honorees from Ohio had a date listed when they received the award.
The awards are usually given during aviation gatherings and COPAMA has been a part of some of those presentations.
In
September of 2003, the COPAMA meeting was the event where Ralph Graves received
his Charles Taylor award with wife Shirley standing by his side to also be honored. These
two have been an integral part of the Chapter since inception and are always
volunteering their time, talents and possessions to support it. It's hard to find a chapter event
where they're not there to help. We're grateful to have them as COPAMA members! Pictured with Ralph and Shirley are Louie Fura, COPAMA President
and FAA Safety Inspector, Roger Olson.
On March 18th, 2004 Wesley S. Hines received his Charles Taylor showing his life long commitment to a career in aviation maintenance. The photo shows Wes in the center holding the award and Patsy, his wife, wearing the lapel pin she received from the FAA for her contribution. Long time co-worker and friend, Cliff Kelling to his right helped present the award at the Ohio Aviation Maintenance Symposium that year.
This photo
shows Cliff Marr on the left receiving his Charles Taylor Award on March 8,
2005 from Roger Olson, our long time support and representative from the FAA F.S.D.O
in Columbus. Both men have been a sourse of information and support for COPAMA throughout
the years. Observing to the right in red is Clare Kosbab another one of our Central Ohio
Charles Taylor Award recipients. Roger has since retired from the FAA and can't attend
many of our meetings due to a medical condition. We know that he's with us in spirit and visits
us when he can.
Click on the links below for more info on the Charles Taylor Award.
The Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award on the FAA website
The Charles Taylor Award Recipient List on the FAA website.
The Man and the First Days of Aviation Maintenance.
The May/June 2011 edition of
Director Of Maintenance Magazine has an article
on page 14 about Charles Edward Taylor written by Giacinta Bradley Koontz who is an aviation
historian, magazine columnist and author. There's an old saying "Why reinvent the wheel?" and her article is
a historical account of "Charlie Taylors" life and his many contributions to the maintenance sector of the aviation industry.
Please click on the magazine link for her account of Taylor's life and to read more about the author who was awarded the 2008 National DAR History Medal and has appeared in documentaries on PBS and The History Channel.
Learn more about her aviation history projects at
www.harrietquimby.org. Some of her other works
include The Harriet Quimby site about America's first licensed female pilot and first woman to solo across the English Channel.
Honoring A & Ps and
Portal of the Folded Wings
Charles Taylor's final resting place near Burbank Airport in California.
D.O.M. Magazine is published by Greg Napert.
May 24th and National Aviation Maintenance Technician's Day (AMT)
Each year on May 24th the anniversary of his birthday, 45 of the United States of America acknowledge all the men and women engaged in the maintenance of aircraft and aerospace vehicles. To learn more about National AMT Day, please follow the links below.
COPAMA 2008 Events page article about H-Res 444
Wikipedia article on National AMT Day.
AMT
Online National AMT Day Brochure
A personal note on Charles E Taylor.
Charles E. Taylor II speaks at 2007 Maintenance Symposium Dinner.
Charles Taylor's son and grandson gave the event's presentation that included personal remembrances of this early pioneer of aviation. Click Here to go to that section of the 2007 Events page.