Union Trust Co., Little Rock, Arkansas, aircraft

Creators

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Source Collection

Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie collection, Special Collections Department, University Libraries, University of Memphis

Identifier

sc.0491.001_031.011

Description

Image of a biplane with Union Trust Co., Little Rock, written on the side. It is inscribed: "To my friend Phoebe Omlie who helped make The Arkansas Air Tour such a success, Charlie Taylor, 11/24/28."

Charles Edward Taylor was an American inventor, mechanic and machinist. He built the first aircraft engine used by the Wright brothers in the Wright Flyer, and was a vital contributor of mechanical skills in the building and maintaining of early Wright engines and airplanes. Taylor received little recognition for his contributions to aviation during his lifetime, but posthumously, he is known as a man of aviation “firsts” — including the first aviation mechanic, the first airport manager, and the first air disaster investigator.

Date Created

2023

Date

undated

Recommended Citation

"Union Trust Co., Little Rock, Arkansas, aircraft" (2023). Images. 14.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-phoebefomlie1/14