The Significance of a Name
Submitted by rhughes on Tue, 05/26/2020 - 10:04On April 30, 2008, the U.S. House of Representatives passed House Resolution 444 honoring the aviation professional men and women who ensure aircraft maintenance airworthiness of our airborne aviation infrastructure.
Each year, May 24 is designated Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) Day for Charles Taylor. Charles was the Wright Brothers’ mechanic who built and maintained the engine that was used to power the Wright brother's first controlled flying machine on December 17, 1903 and father of aviation maintenance, born on May 24, 1868.