Aerospace Engines A to Z
Aerospace Engines A to Z

Updated: 10-Feb-2020

In several parts of the main text and related to the Wright brothers' first flight, Charles Taylor appears as the person who built the engine that drove the "Flyer", the first plane that rose and flew in controlled flight, being a "heavier than air ".

-It is stated that until recent years, the references that came to us were that Charles modified a Toledo-Pope (or Pope-Toledo) engine and adapted it to the flyer.

-Charles arrived in Dayton, Ohio, with his family from Nebraska and he established a mechanical workshop that was visited by the Wright brothers for their bicycle business.

-In 1902 he was required to make a fuel oil or gasoline engine to fit on the Flyer. And he told them "I can and I did it".

Biografia de Charles
"Biografia de Charles"

-In the biographical book written by H. R. Dufour it is said that the engine was made from scratch. Something I will not contradict, but it has become difficult for me after spending a lifetime with the previous idea. Nor is there the availability to check it out, but written, it is.

-Charles E. Taylor lived from 1868 to 1956. And it states that he did, either one thing or the other has enormous merit.

Engines of CHARLES TAYLOR

Model: Motor del Wright Flyer