This Day in FAA History: November 26th

Full FAA Chronology at this link.
19571126: The board of directors of the Air Transport Association passed a resolution favoring the creation of an independent Federal agency to make safety rules and develop a common civil-military system of airspace control and use.
19691126: The Beech Aircraft Corporation delivered its last Model 18 aircraft. The original Model 18 first flew on January 15, 1937, and was type-certificated on March 4, 1937. When production of the plane ceased, the Model 18 had been in continuous production longer than any other aircraft.
19911126: Administrator Busey announced a reorganization at FAA headquarters, including
* A new Assistant Administrator for Information Technology position with responsibility for administrative and operational information resources. The Office of Management Systems at headquarters was abolished and its former director became Acting Deputy for the new Assistant Administrator.
* A new Assistant Administrator for Budget and Accounting position with responsibility for the Office of Budget and the Office of Accounting. These two offices had previously reported to the Associate Administrator for Administration, a position which was abolished.
* Retitling the Executive Director for Acquisition as the Executive Director for Acquisition and Safety Oversight and expanding this position’s responsibilities by the addition of: the Office of Aviation Safety, whose head was retitled an Associate Administrator rather than an Assistant Administrator; and the appraisal functions of the former Deputy Associate Administrator for Appraisal. (See September 30, 1991, and November 30, 1993.)
19971126: FAA proposed two airworthiness directives asking airlines to find and fix potential ignition sources in or near the central fuel tanks of Boeing 747 aircraft. (See January 21, 1997; December 12, 1997.)
20031126: Effective this date, an FAA rule allowed RVSM flights in the airspace over the contiguous 48 States of the United States, the District of Columbia, Alaska, that portion of the Gulf of Mexico where FAA provided air traffic services, the San Juan Flight Information Region (FIR), and the airspace between Florida and the San Juan FIR. The RVSM program would permit 1,000-foot vertical separation at certain altitudes between aircraft that meet stringent altimeter and autopilot performance requirements. The rule required any aircraft equipped with TCAS II and flown in Reduced Vertical Separation Minima (RVSM) airspace to incorporate a version of TCAS II software that was compatible with RVSM operations. (See October 22, 2003; January 20, 2005.)
20121126: FAA banned the use of velcro-type straps to secure emergency locator transmitters (ELT) designed and built after November 26, 2012. FAA issued technical standard order (TSO-C126b) two years after a high-profile crash that killed Alaska Senator Ted Stevens and four others. The ELT aboard the Otter aircraft they were on came loose on impact and detached from the antenna. Rescuers found it on the floor in the back of plane, activated, but unable to transmit because it was no longer connected to the antenna. (See August 9, 2010.)
20191126: FAA notified Boeing that it would retain authority over the issuance of airworthiness certificates for all newly manufactured 737 Max aircraft. The agency would conduct the final approval of factory-fresh Boeing Co. 737 Max jets rather than allowing company employees to handle routine sign-offs before the planes were delivered. (See October 25, 2019; December 16, 2019.)