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Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19261231: The first Air Commerce Regulations of the Aeronautics Branch, Department of Commerce, became effective. Promulgated under provisions of the Air Commerce Act of 1926, these regulations resulted from many conferences between the Aeronautics Branch and pilots, operators, manufacturers, the Army, the Navy, and the Post Office Department. 19301231: […]
Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19401223: United Air Lines began what was probably the first all-freight service by a U.S. airline, supplementing its regular service with a daily all-cargo flight westbound from New York to Chicago. This experiment in freight service ended May 31, 1941. (See August 12, 1949.) 19701223: FAA established the Office […]
Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19671222: FAA renamed its Installation and Materiel Service the Logistics Service to describe better the service’s revised functions. (See May 16, 1962 and January 19, 1970.) 19701222: FAA established the Office of Environmental Quality and simultaneously abolished the Office of Noise Abatement, which formed the nucleus of the new […]
Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19281204: The Aeronautics Branch issued regulations covering the entry and clearance of aircraft carrying foreign cargo and passengers into the United States. The rules became effective February 1, 1929. 19391204: At the direction of President Roosevelt, the Bureau of the Budget’s Division of Administrative Management began a study of […]
Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19290829: The Graf Zeppelin made the first round-the-world flight by a rigid airship, leaving from and returning to Lakehurst, N.J., in 21 days 7 hours 34 minutes. This was the second round-the-world flight; two U.S. Army Douglas World Cruisers had first performed the feat during April 6-September 28, 1924. […]
New Data from the Airport Authority This Post is a monthly update, based on data shared by an activist focused on mitigating airport impacts. The data has been reformatted by aiREFORM.com, to better show monthly trends in both fuel flowage and aviation toxic lead impact. Click these links to download the PDF files: here for […]
Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19650804: In a letter to Senator A. S. “Mike” Monroney (D-Okla.), FAA Administrator William F. McKee revealed an FAA decision not to incorporate emergency arresting systems for large air carrier aircraft into the National Airspace System. 19710804: Recognizing that noise was a major source of environmental pollution, the Department […]
The airport authority for Centennial Airport (KAPA) does the right thing when they share monthly fuel flow data; good for them, and hopefully other airports will be responsible with this level of transparency. The latest release includes June data, and past releases offer 150 months of data. The KAPA data reflects a reality at most […]
Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19360706: Federal air traffic control began as the Bureau of Air Commerce took over operation of the three airway traffic control centers at Newark, Chicago, and Cleveland. Up to this time, these centers had been operated by private airline companies (see December 1, 1935). The centers were placed under […]
Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19610207: FAA commissioned the Cleveland air traffic control center’s new building, followed by the Jacksonville center’s new building on February 25. 19610207: Affirming the decision of a neutral committee, the U.S. National Mediation Board ruled that the pilots and flight engineers of United Air Lines constituted one craft for […]