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This Day in FAA History: October 3rd

Full FAA Chronology at this link.
19431003: The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics’ Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory completed the first U.S.-built afterburner for jet engines.
19671003: Maj. William J. Knight, USAF, piloting the X-15 rocket plane, set an unofficial world record of 4,534 miles an hour, almost seven times the speed of sound. (See July 28, 1976.)
19881003: Citing increasing congestion and a rash of air traffic control operation errors, FAA indefinitely reduced the maximum number of arrivals permitted at Chicago O’Hare from 96 an hour to 80.
20021003: FAA issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would require FAA-approved corrosion prevention and control programs to be included in the maintenance and inspection of all airplanes operated under part 121 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, all multiengine airplanes registered in the U.S. but operated in common carriage by foreign air carriers or foreign persons under 14 CFR part 129, and all multiengine airplanes used in scheduled operations under 14 CFR part 135.
20051003: FAA codified the requirements of the Advanced Qualification Program (AQP), provisions that had previously been contained in a Special Federal Aviation Regulation that expired on October 2, 2005. AQP would continue as an alternative regulatory program for airlines seeking more flexibility in training than the traditional training program allowed.
20081003: ATO announced a realignment of its senior leadership into four business units, each led by a senior vice president. The new ATO executive council now included Chief Operating Officer Hank Krakowski and four Senior Vice Presidents for Operations, Strategy and Performance, Finance and NextGen and Operations Planning. Previously the EC included the nine different service unit vice presidents. (See May 8, 2008.)
20161003: Rockwell Collins announced FAA had renewed its aeronautical mobile communications service agreement. Under the agreement, the company would continue to provide air traffic control communications, including position reports, aircraft requests and air traffic control clearances, between FAA and aircraft flying in U.S. oceanic airspace.
20171003: Ohio Country (WVA) Commission Administrator Greg Stewart announced the Wheeling-Ohio County Airport manager had received a letter from FAA stating the agency would not renew airport’s air traffic control tower when it expired on September 30, 2019. Two contract controllers manned the tower between 8 am and 8 pm.
20171003: In a speech on the House Floor, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) announced his air traffic control privatization bill would ensure that the new private, non-profit air traffic control corporation would not receive any appropriations or support from the federal government. The proposal would ensure general aviation users would not have to pay user fees, would be able to nominate two members to the new organization’s board, and that the general aviation community would not have any airspace restrictions. (See June 5, 2017.)
20221003: FAA announced it had upgraded Malaysia’s air safety rating to a Category 1 nearly three years after it took action to restrict the country’s airlines from adding new flights to the United States. In November 2019, FAA lowered Malaysia from Category 1 to Category 2, meaning Malaysian airlines were restricted to current levels of any existing U.S. service and subject to additional inspections at U.S. airports.