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This Day in FAA History: September 11th

Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19510911: The National Security Resources Board completed its air transport mobilization survey. Developed by a large group of aviation leaders from government and industry, the program outlined requirements for rapid mobilization of the U.S. air transport industry in the event of expanded war. (See December 15, 1951.) 19610911: The […]

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This Day in FAA History: July 1st

Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19270701: Frank Gates Gardner of Norfolk, Va., received the first Federal aircraft mechanic license. 19270701: The Secretary of Commerce appointed Clarence M. Young as Director of Aeronautics to administer the Aeronautics Branch under the general supervision of the Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics. A lawyer from Des Moines, Iowa, Young […]

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This Day in FAA History: March 1st

Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19330301: At the Newark Municipal Airport, N.J., the Aeronautics Branch demonstrated a radio system that it had developed for the blind landing of aircraft. The Branch made the system available for service testing by aircraft equipped with the necessary radio receivers. Later that month, Aeronautics Branch pilot James L. […]