FROM THE PUBLISHER
CHARLES TAYLOR MASTER MECHANIC AWARD RECIPIENTS
In our October issue, we had the honor to recognize two Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award recipients. For those of you that are not aware, the Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award is presented to U.S. mechanics and/or repairmen who have worked for a minimum of 50 years in civil and/or military aviation. Recipients must be U.S. citizens and must not have ever had an FAA violation. We’d like to feature more Charles
Taylor Master Mechanic Award recipients in the pages of D.O.M. magazine, but in order to do so we need recipients to send us their information. This can be in the form copies of their application packages or a summary of the recipient’s bio (approximately 150 – 200 words). We also welcome any photographs of the award presentation or headshots. We hope you consider sending us your
PUBLISHER
GREG NAPERT
gnapert@DOMmagazine.com
information and invite FAA presenters to make it a regular practice to send these to D.O.M. magazine. Packages for publication can be sent to: Editor – Master Mechanic Awards, D.O.M. Magazine, PO Box 175, Milton, WI 53563 or electronic documents and images can be emailed to
jescobar@dommagazine.com. It’s worth repeating that the Charles
Taylor Master Mechanic Award is named after Charles Taylor, who is recognized as the first aircraft mechanic. When the Wright brothers needed an engine to turn their glider into a self-powered airplane, the engine manufacturers of the day said they couldn’t meet their specifications of power-to-weight. Taylor, a machinist in the Wright’s bicycle shop, said he could build the engine for them. It took him only six weeks to design and build that engine that would power the Wright brothers into the history books — an amazing feat! Can you imagine what Charles Taylor
would think if he could look at our industry today? A lot has changed since
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that first powered flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903. From supersonic flight to the current rapid expansion of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), the evolution of flight from 1903 to present has been staggering! But in the general aviation segment of the industry, it’s not often that revolutionary leaps in technology happen. After all, many GA aircraft operating today are still using magnetos. However I feel compelled to share the latest announcement from Garmin as it does represent, in my opinion, a revolutionary leap forward for GA. The new technology is called Autoland — and is being touted as “the first Autoland system for general aviation.” Cockpit automation is not new. Varying
levels of automation have been introduced and are being used on many different types of aircraft at many different levels — from legacy autopilots to much more sophisticated navigational controls used on modern jets. However, this appears to be one of the first that is designed to be a completely autonomous system to take over control of the aircraft and land it in the event of pilot incapacitation/ emergency. The system identifies a suitable airport to which to divert, and completely takes control of the aircraft, lands and brakes the aircraft to a stop. The entire system, which includes Autoland, Emergency Descent Mode, Electronic Stability, and Protection, is referred to as Autonomi™
. Garmin says
that Autoland (with Autonomi) will soon be available as part of the G3000 integrated flight deck on the Cirrus Vision Jet and the Piper M600, pending Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification. So are you ready for the future? I hope so.
Thanks for reading. Greg Napert, Proud to be an A&P
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