Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19301216: The Aeronautics Branch opened the National Conference on Uniform Aeronautic Regulatory Laws. Representatives from 45 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the Philippine Islands attended the two-day meeting to discuss uniformity of air regulations. (See August 1, 1928, and March 23, 1933.) 19601216: A United DC-8 and a […]
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This Day in FAA History: December 15th
Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19511215: The Secretaries of Commerce and Defense signed the Civil Reserve Air Fleet Plan. The plan, developed in consultation with the airlines, stipulated that the airlines would provide ninety-one aircraft to the Military Air Transport Service within forty-eight hours of notification. An additional 271 aircraft were to be provided […]
This Day in FAA History: December 12th
Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19411212: President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8974, transforming the Civilian Pilot Training Program into a wartime program. Henceforth, the CPTP would be “exclusively devoted to the procurement and training of men for ultimate service as military pilots, or for correlated non-military activities.” (See May 16, 1940, and December 7, […]
This Day in FAA History: December 8th
Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19551208: CAA Administrator Frederick Lee resigned after months of widening personal and policy differences with the Secretary and Under Secretary of Commerce (see spring 1956). The President accepted his resignation two days later. On December 12, 1955, Charles J. Lowen took the oath as Lee’s successor. With Congress not […]
This Day in FAA History: November 24th
Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19331124: The Aeronautics Branch announced an airport development program to be undertaken in cooperation with the Civil Works Administration. Since one purpose of the program was to provide work immediately to the unemployed, the Branch urged municipalities wishing to acquire landing fields to apply within the next two weeks. […]
This Day in FAA History: November 18th
Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19691118: FAA changed the title of the Office of Compliance and Security to the Office of Investigations and Security. (See May 16, 1962 and August 3, 1970.) 19711118: Public Law 92-159 prohibited airborne hunting of birds, fish, and other animals. The act prescribed criminal penalties for shooting, attempted shooting, […]
This Day in FAA History: November 3rd
Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19471103: A commission of the International Civil Aviation Organization met in Geneva to consider proposals for a multilateral civil aviation agreement to replace the existing system of bilateral agreements by which traffic rights for scheduled commercial air services were established. Differing views concerning the so-called Fifth Freedom–the privilege of […]
This Day in FAA History: October 21st
Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19291021: Colonial Flying Service and the Scully Walton Ambulance Company of New York, N.Y., inaugurated an Air Ambulance Service. 19361021: Pan American Airways initiated regular weekly transpacific passenger service as the Hawaii Clipper took of from Almeda, near San Francisco, arriving at Manila on October 27. (See November 22-29, […]
This Day in FAA History: October 17th
Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19661017: Effective this date, FAA required pilots to have a helicopter instrument rating to operate a helicopter under Instrument Flight Rules conditions. 19711017: Opening of the first officially designated STOLport solely for short takeoff and landing aircraft took place at Disney World, near Orlando, Fla. (The term “STOLport” had […]
This Day in FAA History: October 8th
Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19461008: CAA announced the opening of 44 new district offices for the administration of the Federal-aid airport program (FAAP). Of these, 43 were located within the United States and one in Puerto Rico. CAA also established Airport branches in its regional offices at Honolulu and Anchorage. (See May 13, […]