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Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19261231: The first Air Commerce Regulations of the Aeronautics Branch, Department of Commerce, became effective. Promulgated under provisions of the Air Commerce Act of 1926, these regulations resulted from many conferences between the Aeronautics Branch and pilots, operators, manufacturers, the Army, the Navy, and the Post Office Department. 19301231: […]

Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19381227: President Roosevelt announced an experimental Civilian Pilot Training Program involving 330 pilots and 13 colleges and supported by National Youth Administration funds. (See June 27, 1939.) 19631227: The civil-military common system of air navigation and air traffic control moved forward a step with a final action on FAA-DOD […]

Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19401223: United Air Lines began what was probably the first all-freight service by a U.S. airline, supplementing its regular service with a daily all-cargo flight westbound from New York to Chicago. This experiment in freight service ended May 31, 1941. (See August 12, 1949.) 19701223: FAA established the Office […]

Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19671222: FAA renamed its Installation and Materiel Service the Logistics Service to describe better the service’s revised functions. (See May 16, 1962 and January 19, 1970.) 19701222: FAA established the Office of Environmental Quality and simultaneously abolished the Office of Noise Abatement, which formed the nucleus of the new […]

Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19551221: CAA and the Air Force announced an agreement under which CAA would for the first time use USAF Air Defense Command radar for civil air traffic control. Under the arrangement, CAA used information from the Air Defense Command radar at the Olathe, Kan., Naval Air Station to maintain […]

Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19281219: Harold F. Pitcairn made the first autogyro flight in the United States at Willow Grove, Pa. Designed by Spain’s Juan de la Cierva, the rotary-wing aircraft obtained its support in flight from a rotor turned by the air forces resulting from its motion. Propulsion came from a conventional […]

Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19511215: The Secretaries of Commerce and Defense signed the Civil Reserve Air Fleet Plan. The plan, developed in consultation with the airlines, stipulated that the airlines would provide ninety-one aircraft to the Military Air Transport Service within forty-eight hours of notification. An additional 271 aircraft were to be provided […]

Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19281214: The International Civil Aeronautics Conference held sessions in Washington, D.C. The President had suggested the conference, and Congress had authorized it by a joint resolution. The 441 participants included 77 official and 39 unofficial delegates from foreign countries. The conference provided an opportunity to exchange views on problems […]

Full FAA Chronology at this link. 19411213: The President directed the Secretary of Commerce “to exercise his control and jurisdiction over civil aviation in accordance with requirements for the successful prosecution of the war, as may be requested by the Secretary of War.” The Executive order also authorized the latter “to take possession and assume […]

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 […]