He was born in St. Petersburg, Fl on June 11, 1927, the son of Vermont parents Richard W. Taylor and Marion (Niles) Taylor. He and his parents moved back to VT when he was 10 months old. He attended schools in Montpelier, graduating from MHS in June 1945. At an early age he developed an interest in aviation. His free time was spent building model airplanes and bicycling to the local airport. He started flying lessons in high school, soloed at age 17, and had his private pilots license by June 1945. After high school, he served in the U S Navy for a year in the Pacific Theater. He returned to VT and earned his Commercial Pilots License and Instructors Rating. He worked for VT Flying Services as an instructor and charter pilot. He was hired by Capital Airlines (later merged with United) in 1951. He met and married Adrienne Kempf, a flight attendant, while based in Detroit, MI. In his 36 year career with Capital and United, he flew the DC-3, DC-4, DC-6, Vis count, Lockheed Constellation, Boeing 727, Douglass DC-10 and the Boeing 747. He was a 35 year member of the Airline Pilots Association. In retirement he owned three airplanes including two aerobatic bi-planes. He belonged to the International Aerobatic Club and competed in several IAC contests. He towed gliders for the Sugarbush Soaring Association and became rated in gliders. He was always an avid outdoorsman, hunter, fisherman, skier, and skied on the Mount Mansfield Ski Patrol.He was a Civil War buff and for many years was a member of the Civil War Hemlocks. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Adrienne, his children Sue Taylor, Stephen Taylor and his wife Cynthia, Jeffrey Taylor and his daughter Mary Ellen Taylor from a prior marriage, his grandchildren Abigail Taylor, Nicholas Taylor and Katherine Dagel. Services will be held at a later date. There are no calling hours. The Sanderson Ducharme Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements. Please visit www.sandersonfuneralservice. com to extend condolences. Memorial contributions in his name may be directed to the Michael J. Fox Research Foundation, Grand Central Station, P.O. Box 4777, New York, NY 10163.