Full FAA Chronology at this link.
19561120: CAA announced that it had awarded a $9 million contract for 23 long-range radars, the agency’s largest single purchase of electronic equipment to that date. The new radars were to be used primarily for en route air traffic control purposes.
19731120: A seven-point jet fuel conservation plan designed to save up to 20,000 barrels (840,000) gallons of jet fuel per day went into effect. Implemented in response to President Nixon’s national campaign to conserve fuel in the aftermath of the Arab petroleum embargo (see October 6, 1973), the plan
*Revised gate holding procedures to reduce the time aircraft spent with engines running while awaiting takeoff.
*Revised air traffic flow procedures to reduce time spent aloft in holding patterns.
This Day in FAA History: November 20th
