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Posted 22 January 2009 - 10:53 AM
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| Mechanics in Aviation History Contemporary with the Wright brother’s famous engine builder, Charles Edward Taylor, was less recognized engineer and mechanic, Charles Mathews Manly. In 1903 Manly built a successful aircraft engine which could have powered the Wright brother’s flight for miles instead of feet. His story is short, but “Into his 51 years,” wrote a colleague, “Manly crowded a wealth of pioneer engineering.” The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Born in 1876, Manly’s childhood appears to be a linear track toward academia. He attended both the University of Missouri and Furman College, continuing on to Cornell University. At age 22, Manly was completing his studies in mechanical engineering when Samuel Pierpont Langley [1834-1906], secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, chose him to be his assistant for a new project to create a manned flying machine. In exchange, Manly was assured to receive his degree from Cornell in absentia. The idea of human flight in 1898 was considered so bizarre that only the prestige of America’s largest scientific institution allowed the project to be taken seriously. Manly’s response was immediate, enthusiastic, and for Langley, very fortunate. It is doubtful either Manly or Langley fathomed the intellectual, psychological, and often physically dangerous challenges to come. |
