Flying received a humble message from flight instructor Scott Taylor, grandson of C.G. Taylor. A self-taught engineer from Nottingham, England, C.G. Taylor designed the original ‘Cub,’ (an E-2) and was William Piper’s early partner. But he and Piper parted ways early on, and Taylor later moved to Alliance, Ohio, and built his own side-by-side lightplane, the Taylorcraft BC12. Scott Taylor wrote to let us know that his 24-year-old son Daniel Taylor (C.G.’s great grandson) made his first solo flight on July 14 at Andy Barnhart Memorial Airport, New Carlisle, Ohio — in his dad’s 1946 BC12D. Scott wrote, “I’m very proud of him and was wondering if there is a way to get this into Flying.” I hope this counts.
C.G. Taylor’s Great Grandson Soloes
Key Takeaways:
- Daniel Taylor, great-grandson of aviation pioneer C.G. Taylor, completed his first solo flight on July 14.
- He performed the solo in his father's 1946 Taylorcraft BC12D, a plane designed by his pioneering great-grandfather, continuing a significant family legacy.
- C.G. Taylor was a self-taught engineer known for designing the original 'Cub' (E-2) and the Taylorcraft BC12, and was an early business partner of William Piper.
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