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Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19470225: CAA demonstrated a new stall warning instrument which it had developed. (See Spring 1942.) 19490225: The U.S. and Greek Governments concluded an agreement that provided for a civil aviation mission to Greece under the sponsorship of the Economic Cooperation Administration. The thirteen CAA specialists named to the mission […]
Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19860224: Financially troubled Eastern Air Lines tentatively accepted a buy-out offer by Texas Air. The board’s decision followed labor negotiations in which Eastern’s pilots agreed to make concessions but the union representing machinists and mechanics demanded replacement of chairman Frank Borman. Following the purchase agreement, Borman remained as Eastern’s […]
Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19750219: FAA announced that it had ordered air taxi operators using business-type jets to equip these aircraft with Cockpit Voice Recorders and Flight Data Recorders by May 15, 1975. (See August 5, 1957, June 26, 1964, and March 25, 1987.) 19820219: The Boeing 757 first flew. On December 21, […]
Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19300215: The Aeronautics Branch announced that it had issued the first rating under the Airport Rating Regulations to the municipal airport at Pontiac, Mich. The airport received the highest possible rating, A-1-A. The designation system enabled pilots to know at a glance what facilities to expect at any of […]
Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19420214: The Douglas DC-4 Skymaster made its initial flight, thereafter becoming prominent in a generation of four-engine U.S. transports that advanced long-haul air travel. The plane was a scaled-down version of a prototype developed in 1939. The DC-4 carried a crew of six and up to forty-two passengers. Unlike […]
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 […]
Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19700205: Effective this date, FAA required manufacturers to make a maintenance manual available to their customers at the time of aircraft delivery. The manual was to contain information that the manufacturer deemed essential to proper maintenance. 19730205: FAA Administrator John H. Shaffer established the Executive Committee (EXCOM) to review […]
Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19520203: CAA put into effect a plan to consolidate aviation safety functions under one chief in each of its seven continental regions and to reorganize the Washington Office of Aviation Safety. Under development for more than a year, the program was intended to achieve better coordination between CAA’s field […]
Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19480130: Orville Wright died at age 76. His brother Wilbur had died of typhoid 36 years earlier, at age 45. 19640130: FAA established a staffing validation program to provide a systematic and standardized agencywide approach to the problem of developing accurate staffing requirements. Under this program, staffing standards would […]
Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19660128: FAA published a rule requiring a life preserver or some other approved flotation device for each occupant of large aircraft used by air carriers or other commercial operators in all overwater operations. The compliance deadline was March 1, 1967, subsequently extended to September 1, 1967. Such devices had […]