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Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19511210: The Kaman K-225, the world’s first turbine-powered helicopter, made its initial flight. The Kaman Aircraft Corporation had developed the K-225 under contract for the U.S. Navy. 19641210: The Airman’s Information Manual (AIM) replaced three basic FAA flight information publications: the Airman’s Guide (see April 1946), the Directory of […]
Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19351201: A consortium of airline companies organized and manned the first airway traffic control center at Newark, N.J. It provided information to airline pilots on the whereabouts of planes other than their own in the Newark vicinity during weather conditions requiring instrument flying. Two additional centers, similarly organized and […]
Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19681127: FAA formally established an Office of Aviation Economics and an Office of Aviation Policy and Plans under the Associate Administrator for Plans. At the same time, the Office of Noise Abatement was transferred to the Associate Administrator for Plans from the Associate Administrator for Operations. (See July 21, […]
Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19370616: Commercial passenger service was inaugurated reciprocally between New York and Bermuda by Pan American Airways, using the Sikorsky S.42B flying boat Bermuda Clipper, and by Imperial Airways, using the Short S.23 flying boat Cavalier. This was the first scheduled airplane service over a segment of the North Atlantic. […]