This Day in FAA History: August 29th

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19290829: The Graf Zeppelin made the first round-the-world flight by a rigid airship, leaving from and returning to Lakehurst, N.J., in 21 days 7 hours 34 minutes. This was the second round-the-world flight; two U.S. Army Douglas World Cruisers had first performed the feat during April 6-September 28, 1924. (See June 23-July 1, 1931.)
19310829: Tests begun this day and continued through April 8, 1932, showed that transmission of weather maps over the teletypewriter circuits of the Federal Airways System was practicable. Using an experimental circuit, the Aeronautics Branch tested equipment and procedures by sending maps three times daily from compilers in Cleveland and Kansas City to facilities in New York, Washington, and Chicago. Map transmission required equipment that printed on pages rather than on the usual tape, but page-type and tape-type machines could operate on the same circuits. On December 1, 1932, the Aeronautics Branch inaugurated regular transmission of U.S. Weather Bureau weather maps via teletypewriter circuits to 78 U.S. air terminals. Six times daily, the service provided a complete weather map of the United States, divided into three sections.
19350829: The Bureau of Air Commerce began discharging its responsibilities in the Works Progress Administration airport development program, providing technical advice and recommendations on all projects submitted. On October 1, the Bureau announced the appointment of seven regional supervisors and thirteen district advisors to oversee the assistance work, which came under the general supervision of the chief of the permanent Airport, Marking, and Mapping Section.
19480829: A Northwest Airlines Martin 2-0-2 crashed near Winona, Minn., with the loss of all 37 persons aboard. The accident showed structural problems with the wings, and all 2-0-2s were withdrawn from service. After extensive modification, they returned to service on September 1, 1950, with the designation 2-0-2A, but airline confidence in the model had been weakened.
19690829: In the first hijacking of a U.S. aircraft outside of the Western Hemisphere, two Arabs seized control of a TWA 707 bound for Israel and diverted it to Syria, where they deplaned the occupants and then threw hand grenades into the cockpit area (see Calendar Year 1969).
19700829: The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 first flew. On July 29, 1971, FAA type-certificated the aircraft, a medium-to-long-range airliner with a maximum capacity of 345 passengers. Powered by three General Electric CF6-6D turbofan engines, the DC-10 became the first transport certificated by FAA to meet the reduced engine-noise levels for takeoff, approach, and taxiing operations specified in Part 36 of the Federal Aviation Regulations . American Airlines inaugurated scheduled DC-10 service on August 5, 1971, with a flight from Los Angeles to Chicago.
19770829: FAA published a notice in the Federal Register announcing the elimination of seven of eleven FAA advisory committees as the result of a review conducted under President’s Carter’s order for a strict evaluation of such committees. The eliminated committees were: the Citizens Advisory Committee on Aviation; the Microwave Landing System Advisory Committee; the U.S. Advisory Committee on Obstacle Clearance Requirements; the U.S. Advisory Committee on Visual Aids to Approach and Landings; the U.S. Advisory Committee on Terminal Instrument Procedures; the Flight Information Advisory Committee; and the Southern Region Air Traffic Control Committee. The remaining committees were: the Air Traffic Procedures Advisory Committee; the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA); the Technical Advisory Committee, later terminated on March 1, 1978; and the High Altitude Pollution Program Technical Advisory Committee, later terminated on July 1, 1982.
19960829: FAA returned ValuJet’s operating certificate to the airline, stating that the carrier had completed the safety improvements outlined in the consent order that grounded it (see June 17, 1996). The action cleared ValuJet to renew operations, subject to a DOT fitness ruling subsequently granted on September 26. The airline resumed flying on September 30. FAA imposed a limit of 15 aircraft, subject to review, in contrast to the 51 aircraft that the carrier had operated before its grounding.
20050829: Hurricane Katrina, which had formed over the Bahamas on August 23, crossed southern Florida as a category 1 hurricane. It then strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico, made its second and third landfalls as a category 3 storm in southeast Louisiana and at the Louisiana/Mississippi state line. The storm surge caused severe damage along the Gulf Coast, closing all airports in the region. September 1, both runways at New Orleans International Airport were restored to 24-hour availability for hurricane relief flights, as FAA worked to repair air traffic control facilities at this and other airports hit by Katrina. FAA said New Orleans could handle nine landings per hour, but only in visual flight rule conditions. September 2- 7, FAA personnel supported the largest airlift operation on United States soil, Operation Air Care. September 8, FAA restored scheduled, commercial passenger service to the Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi, airport, with two roundtrip flights originating from Memphis, Tennessee. September 13, FAA restored scheduled, commercial passenger service to Louis Armstrong New Orleans airport, with two roundtrip flights originating from Memphis.
20160829: FAA implemented the first operational rules for routine non-hobbyist use of small UAS, or drones. The provisions of the new rule – formally known as Part 107 – were designed to minimize risks to other aircraft and people and property on the ground. (See August 2, 2016; September 16, 2016; December 28, 2016.)