HR 9017 2004
1	House Resolution
2	A resolution designating May 24, 2004, as "Aviation
3	Maintenance Technician Day" in Florida.
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5	WHEREAS, in 1965, 9 years after his death at 87, a little-
6	known participant in the birth of aviation was inducted by the
7	United States Air Force Museum into the Aviation Hall of Fame
8	and, as a further tribute, the Charles Taylor Master Mechanic
9	Award has been established in his honor by which the Federal
10	Aviation Administration recognizes persons with 50 years or more
11	of aviation maintenance experience, and
12	WHEREAS, born May 24, 1868, Charles Edward Taylor, often
13	referred to as the "Unsung Hero of Aviation," is now recognized
14	as the first aviation mechanic in powered flight, the man who
15	built and maintained the engine of the Wright Brothers' craft
16	that on December 17, 1903, changed the course of history, and
17	WHEREAS, in the century since that historic event,
18	countless individuals have followed in the footsteps of Charlie
19	Taylor, applying their skills to the maintenance of planes that
20	transport passengers and cargo, carry out daring rescue and
21	humanitarian missions, and protect the skies over our nation,
22	and
23	WHEREAS, spurred by the Federal Aviation Administration,
24	many states are electing to observe "Aviation Maintenance
25	Technician Day" in an effort to focus well-merited attention on
26	these vital members of the aviation industry who, largely
27	unnoticed, work quietly behind the scenes, to ensure the
28	viability and safety of the nation's aircraft, and
29	WHEREAS, May 24, Charlie Taylor's birthday, has been chosen
30	by the Federal Aviation Administration as an appropriate date on
31	which to honor America's aviation maintenance technicians, and
32	the Southern Region of the Administration, which includes eight
33	southeastern states and the Caribbean, is urging an enthusiastic
34	observance of Aviation Maintenance Technician Day, NOW,
35	THEREFORE,
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37	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
38	Florida:
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40	That the House of Representatives designates May 24, 2004,
41	as "Aviation Maintenance Technician Day" in Florida and
42	wholeheartedly joins the Southern Region of the Federal Aviation
43	Administration in urging Floridians to express their gratitude
44	to the state's own "unsung heroes of aviation," its aviation
45	maintenance technicians.