[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 182 (Tuesday, December 15, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S8686]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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  SENATE RESOLUTION 335--SUPPORTING THE GOALS AND IDEALS OF NATIONAL 
     AVIATION MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN DAY, HONORING THE INVALUABLE 
   CONTRIBUTIONS OF CHARLES EDWARD TAYLOR, REGARDED AS THE FATHER OF 
 AVIATION MAINTENANCE, AND RECOGNIZING THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF AVIATION 
 MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS IN ENSURING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF CIVIL 
                         AND MILITARY AIRCRAFT

  Mr. SCHUMER submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:

                              S. Res. 335

       Whereas the safety of the flying public is ensured and the 
     integrity of aircraft airworthiness is personally guaranteed 
     by individuals who comprise the professional aviation 
     maintenance technician workforce;
       Whereas professional aviation maintenance technicians are 
     key members of the Armed Forces of the United States and help 
     protect the United States through a strong Armed Forces 
     aviation infrastructure;
       Whereas the duties of aviation maintenance technicians are 
     critical to the homeland security of the United States and an 
     integral component of the aerospace industry of the United 
     States;
       Whereas professional aviation maintenance technicians 
     provide the strong infrastructure through which public 
     confidence in the airborne transportation safety and military 
     aviation strength of the United States is ensured;
       Whereas, in 1901, Charles Edward Taylor began working as a 
     machinist for Orville and Wilbur Wright at the Wright Cycle 
     Company in Dayton, Ohio;
       Whereas using only a metal lathe, drill press, and hand 
     tools, Charles Edward Taylor built, in 6 weeks, the 12-
     horsepower engine that was used to power the first flying 
     machine of the Wright brothers;
       Whereas the ingenuity of Charles Edward Taylor earned him a 
     place in aviation history when the Wright brothers 
     successfully flew their airplane in controlled flight on 
     December 17, 1903;
       Whereas Charles Edward Taylor had a successful career in 
     aviation maintenance for more than 60 years;
       Whereas Charles Edward Taylor was honored by the Federal 
     Aviation Administration with the establishment of the Charles 
     Edward Taylor Master Mechanic Award, which recognizes 
     individuals with not less than 50 years of aviation 
     maintenance experience;
       Whereas Charles Edward Taylor has become a hero to aircraft 
     maintenance technicians worldwide; and
       Whereas 45 States, together with the commonwealths, 
     territories, republics, and federations of the United States, 
     have already declared May 24 to be Aviation Maintenance 
     Technician Day within their jurisdictions: Now, therefore, be 
     it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) supports National Aviation Maintenance Technician Day 
     to honor the professional men and women who ensure the safety 
     and security of the airborne aviation infrastructure of the 
     United States; and
       (2) recognizes the life and memory of Charles Edward 
     Taylor, the aviation maintenance technician who built and 
     maintained the engine that was used to power the first 
     controlled flying machine of the Wright brothers on December 
     17, 1903.

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