How cool, Tupelo. You will like this article. Thanks to First_Salute for this excellent article.
https://dljh1964.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/charles-e-taylor-the-man-aviation-history-almost-forgot/
Wow, that was a great article about Charles Taylor. One of my sons has a lot of those traits - he’s been a tinkerer since birth, a jeweler, a watch maker and currently works at Honeywell in Clearwater, FL. He says he can’t tell me what he does or he’d have to shoot me but he works in their precision instruments division. His biggest thrill when he got the job was, “Daddy, I get to make all my own tools!” I’m definitely sending this link to him. Thanks so much for posting!