Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation, also known as Valhalla Memorial Rotunda and The Rotunda, is a 72-foot-tall shrine to aviation located at the former entrance to Valhalla Memorial Park Ce
The structure in 2006
The structure up close
Embellishment under the rotunda
Marker plaques inside the shrine
Charlie Taylor (mechanic)
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Charles Edward Taylor was an American inventor, mechanic and machinist. He built the first aircraft engine used by the Wright brothers in the Wright Flyer, and was a vital contributor of mechanical sk
Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation
…50th anniversary of powered flight. The dedication ceremony was presided by Lieutenant General Ira C. Eaker and officiated by Reverend John Carruthers. Charles Edward Taylor and Matilde Moisant attended the ceremony, as did the wife of Walter Richard Brookins, whose ashes had recently been interred under the structure. The…
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Charlie and Wilbur attach a canoe onto a new Flyer at Governor's Island, New York, October 1909.