Does anyone on the forum know who Charles E. Taylor was?
If you ever find yourself at Bob Hope Airport, AKA Burbank, AKA United Airport drop by nearby Valhalla memorial park.

At the entrance is the Portal of Folded Wings. This beautifull structure is the resting place for many aviation pioneers.

Aron Ralston amputated his own arm after a series of foolish errors in judgement. Timothy Treadwell anthropomorphised bears and got ate.Steve Fossett set a bunch of bragging rights records, largely on superior technology pioneered by the people in this memorial.

And then there is Grylls, who I refuse to honour with that powerfull animal's totem. Society lavishes adulation ( and no small amount of cash ) on idiots. For every Pop Idol in rehab @ 18 years, hundreds of classicaly trained singers and musicians go unheralded.

Grylls is a waste of this website's resources.

Charles E. Taylor was the machinist who sat down with Wilber and Orville to design and build the engine they used.