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19421022: Westinghouse Electric began development of two 19A axial-flow turbojet powerplants, the first practical jet engine wholly American in design.
19621022: President Kennedy made a national broadcast on the Cuban missile crisis and U.S. “quarantine” of Cuba. On the previous day, FAA had set up a temporary air traffic control tower at Key West about 5 hours after receiving a request for this action to assist military operations. During the crisis, the Miami air route traffic control center became a focal control point for air operations to support preparedness. The center also administered a special regulation, placed in effect on October 24, banning civil flights over the southern two-thirds of Florida and adjacent waters without a flight plan or functioning navigational equipment and two-way radio.
19651022: The Air Force-operated USAF/USN Central NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) Facility (CNF) began operations in FAA Headquarters Building, Washington, D.C., after moving from Tinker AFB, Okla. The military NOTAM facility was co-located with the FAA-operated civil NOTAM system (National Flight Data Center), and the two were eventually consolidated into a single National NOTAM System managed by FAA.
19811022: The Federal Labor Relations Authority decertified the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Association, depriving the union of the right to represent its members. Following a temporary stay by a Federal Appeals Court, the decertification became effective on October 27. (See October 2, 1981, and December 31, 1981.)
19971022: FAA and Italy’s Ente Nationale Di Assistenza Al Volo conducted flights at Ciampino Airport near Rome to test the capabilities of the Wide Area Augmentation System to function in European airspace. A FAA Boeing 727 used signals from both the U.S. national Satellite Test Bed and Italy’s Mediterranean Test Bed to complete the test flights. (See October 1, 1997; October 15, 1998.)
19971022: FAA began collecting fees, effective this date, for the production of certification-related services pertaining to aeronautical products manufactured or assembled outside the United States.
20031022: FAA issued a new rule reducing the minimum vertical separation between aircraft from the current 2,000 feet to 1,000 feet for all aircraft flying between 29,000 feet and 41,000 feet. RVSM implementation would significantly increase the routes and altitudes available and thus allow more efficient routings that would save time and fuel. FAA planned to implement Reduced Vertical Separation Minima (RVSM) procedures on January 20, 2005, to give airlines and other aircraft operator’s time to install the more accurate altimeters and autopilot systems needed to ensure the highest level of safety. The long-awaited rule – FAA initiated the process with a notice of proposed rulemaking in May 2002 – detailed equipment requirements, including dual altimeters and a more advanced autopilot system. Aircraft equipped with traffic alert and collision avoidance system version II (TCAS II) had to be updated with new software, compatible with RVSM operations. (See May 10, 2002; November 26, 2003.)
20131022: Chilton County Airport (Alabama) held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the beginning of a $2.6 million project that included a new runway lighting system, a resurfaced runway, the installation of a new hangar housing 10 airplanes, and the clearing of six parcels of land to extend the runway to 4,000 feet. FAA and Alabama grants funded the project.
20131022: NOAA’s office of coast survey announced starting April 13, the federal government would no longer print traditional lithographic (paper) nautical charts, but would continue to provide other forms of nautical charts, including print on demand charts and versions for electronic charting systems. While NOAA had the job of creating and maintaining the charts, beginning in 1999, FAA became responsible for printing them. FAA informed NOAA earlier in October it planned to stop printing the charts. FAA based its decision on several factors, including the declining demand for lithographic charts, the increasing use of digital and electronic charts, and federal budget realities. (See October 1, 2013.)
20151022: FAA extended the prohibition against certain flight operations in the Simferopol and Dnipropetrovsk flight information regions (SFAR No. 113) by all U.S. air carriers; U.S. commercial operators; persons exercising the privileges of a U.S. airman certificate, except when such persons are operating a U.S.-registered aircraft for a foreign air carrier; and operators of U. S.-registered civil aircraft, except when such operators are foreign air carriers. The prohibition was to expire on October 27, 2016. (See December 29, 2014.)
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This Day in FAA History: October 22nd
