This Day in FAA History: August 28th

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19610828: FAA issued type and production certificates for the Lockheed Model 1329 JetStar, powered by four Pratt & Whitney JT12A-6 engines. The JetStar was the first four-engine turbojet executive-type transport designed and developed in the United States to be certificated.
19670828: FAA appointed an Associate Administrator for Plans. This new position was responsible for developing the agency’s long-range plans for meeting future demands for its services. (See March 16, 1962, and November 27, 1968.)
20130828: As part of a joint research effort with FAA, the Navy, and Army, NASA dropped part of a military helicopter from about 30 feet to test improved seat belts and seats at its Langley, VA, facility. Nearly 40 cameras positioned inside and outside the fuselage recorded the effects on 13 crash dummies. The helicopter hit the ground at about 30 miles per hour under conditions meant to be severe, but survivable. (See July 30, 2003; June 29, 2017.)
20160828: Air traffic controllers at McCarran International Airport began working in a $99 million, 352-foot tall control tower. The new tower doubled the height of the original tower, and became the second-tallest air traffic control tower in the country.
20170828: FAA reissued a prohibition of certain flight operations in the Damascus Flight Information Region by all U.S. air carriers; U.S. commercial operators; persons exercising the privileges of an airman certificate issued by FAA, except such persons operating a U.S.-registered aircraft for a foreign air carrier; and operators of U.S. registered civil aircraft, except where the operator was a foreign air carrier. FAA found the action necessary to safeguard against continuing hazards to persons and aircraft engaged in such flight operations. (See December 30, 2014.)
20190828: FAA and local officials broke ground for a new air traffic control tower at Southwest Florida International Airport. The new 200-foot tower and terminal radar approach control facility, scheduled to open in 2022, replaces a tower built in 1982.
20200828: Boeing announced it had found manufacturing defects on eight of its 787 Dreamliners. The company said the planes had to be inspected and repaired before they could be flown. It was working with the FAA to determine the cause of the problem. Boeing did not identify the exact problem and did not identify the airlines flying the eight planes. On September 8, Boing announced it had discovered an issue on the tails of two-aisle 787s after finding that pieces were clamped together too tightly, which could lead to premature fatigue of the horizontal stabilizer. The company said that the problem could affect 893 of the nearly 1,000 787s built. Boeing delayed deliveries of the 787s while it inspected the aircraft. Boeing later confirmed it had uncovered a manufacturing problem with 787 vertical fins – the fourth production-quality issue linked to the widebody twinjet program. (See January 19, 2018.)