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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The Federal Aviation Administration Great  Lakes
 3    Region  will  participate  in Aviation Maintenance Technician
 4    Day, an event honoring aviation maintenance technicians  from
 5    all around the world; and

 6        WHEREAS,  This event will advance public appreciation for
 7    the  significant  and   vital   contributions   of   aviation
 8    maintenance technicians; and

 9        WHEREAS,  Aviation  maintenance  technicians  are all too
10    often unsung heroes whose achievements are overlooked; and

11        WHEREAS, One such unsung hero of aviation was Mr. Charles
12    Edward Taylor; and

13        WHEREAS, On April  30,  1903,  at  the  Wright  Brother's
14    Bicycle  Shop  in  Dayton  Ohio,  Charles Edward Taylor began
15    working on the first engine  built  for  Orville  and  Wilbur
16    Wright's airplane named The Flyer; and

17        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Taylor  pioneered  uncharted  theories  of
18    engine  design  by  using  only  a  lathe  and drill press to
19    construct a four-cylinder piston engine weighing  179  pounds
20    and producing 12-horse power in just six weeks; and

21        WHEREAS, On the morning of December 17, 1903, at the base
22    of  Kill  Devil  Hills,  south  of the village of Kitty Hawk,
23    North Carolina, the Wright brothers made a mark  in  aviation
24    history  by  successfully  flying the first powered airplane;
25    and

26        WHEREAS, This incredible achievement would not have  been
27    possible  if it were not for Charles Edward Taylor, the first
28    aviation mechanic in powered flight, the man  who  built  and
29    maintained the first aircraft engines; and

30        WHEREAS,  The Federal Aviation Administration Great Lakes
 
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 1    Region is working to bring attention to the  significance  of
 2    Charles    Edward   Taylor's   achievements,   and   to   the
 3    contributions  of  the  aviation  maintenance  industry,   by
 4    recognizing  May  24th,  Mr.  Taylor's  birthday, as Aviation
 5    Maintenance Technician Day; therefore, be it

 6        RESOLVED  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF   REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
 7    NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
 8    we hereby proclaim May 24 as Aviation Maintenance  Technician
 9    Day in the State of Illinois; and be it further

10        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
11    presented to Cecelia L. Hunziker, Regional Administrator  for
12    the    Great   Lakes   Region   of   the   Federal   Aviation
13    Administration.