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CAA and FAA Reports

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) superseded the Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA) in 1958. This collection contains digitized reports from the CAA and FAA dating from 1938 to 1960. Bookmark this collection: https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/collection_caa_faa.

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  • Analysis of Controller Functions At The High Altitude Sectors of The New York ARTC Center
    Analysis of Controller Functions At The High Altitude Sectors of The New York ARTC Center
    1960-06-01 | Federal Aviation Agency Reports | PDF
    Activity analyses of controllers at the High Altitude Sector of the New York Air Route Traffic Control Center were performed m order to develop realistic operator requirements for Project SATIN. The results identify the types of activities and the amount of time spent m each, for the four types of positions (assistant, D, radio, and civil jet radar ...
  • An Evaluation of SurfaceMounted Lights For Runway Guidance
    An Evaluation of Surface-Mounted Lights For Runway Guidance
    1960-06-01 | Federal Aviation Agency Reports | PDF
    This report concludes work that has been in progress since 1956 on runway and taxway guidance under contract FAA-BRD-4, particularly that phase having to do with an experimental lighting system at San Francisco International Airport.
  • Experimental Automatic GroundAirGround Communication System
    Experimental Automatic Ground/Air/Ground Communication System
    United States. Civil Aeronautics Authority
    1960-05-01 | Federal Aviation Agency Reports | PDF
    Experimental automatic ground/air/ground communication system.
  • The Development and Evaluation of A FireExtinguishing System For The Martin YP6M Airplane
    The Development and Evaluation of A Fire-Extinguishing System For The Martin YP6M Airplane
    1960-04-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    The development and evaluation onfire-extinguishing system for the Martin YP6M airplane.
  • Characteristics of A VORon A 200Foot Tower
    Characteristics of A VORon A 200-Foot Tower
    1960-04-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    This report is based on a technical evaluation of equipment and procedures available to the Bureau of Research and Development It has been reviewed by the Agency and 1s approved for distribution.
  • The Air Traffic Control Training Program As Viewed By Training Supervisors
    The Air Traffic Control Training Program As Viewed By Training Supervisors
    1960-03-15 | Federal Aviation Agency Reports | PDF
    This report is based on intensive interviews with the training supervisors of twenty-four towers and twelve centers from them were obtained detailed accounts of the current training programs, their problems, and the ways the programs could be Improved.
  • Development of An Air Traffic Control System For The Miami Terminal Area By Simulation
    Development of An Air Traffic Control System For The Miami Terminal Area By Simulation
    1960-03-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    Development of an air traffic control system for the Miami terminal area by simulation.
  • Final Series of Tests of SRS1 With Modifications For Air Traffic Control
    Final Series of Tests of SRS-1 With Modifications For Air Traffic Control
    1960-03-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    This report describes the third and final series of SRS-1 tests conducted by the Technical Development Center under AMB Project SA-1-1111. These tests were conducted from June 1958 through January 1959, with the SRS-1 equipment located at Airborne Instrument-Laboratories, Mineola, New York.
  • Analysis of The Performance of The Aviation Weather System
    Analysis of The Performance of The Aviation Weather System
    1960-01-31 | Federal Aviation Agency Reports | PDF
    Analysis of the performance of the aviation weather system.
  • Managing A Development Program
    Managing A Development Program
    1960-01-01 | Federal Aviation Agency Reports | PDF
    This manual is designed to serve as a reference text for persons interested in developing an analytical and orderly approach to management. It has been prepared as a guide for personnel of the Federal Aviation Agency, especially those whose duties are related to the conduct and direction of major development programs.
  • Final Engineering Report For Hyperbolic Coordinate Converter
    Final Engineering Report For Hyperbolic Coordinate Converter
    1960-01-01 | Federal Aviation Agency Reports | PDF
    A four-month study program has been conducted by Motorola to establish the optimum design for a practical airborne computer that would accept the hyperbolic information available from present low-frequency navigational aids and convert it to a form better suited for air traffic control and general navigation.
  • A Mathematical Model For Locating Exit Taxiways
    A Mathematical Model For Locating Exit Taxiways
    1959-12-01 | Federal Aviation Agency Reports | PDF
    The purpose of the present project was to formulate and test a mathematical model for determining the exit locations that will enable the runway to accept the greatest number of aircraft per hour within specified limits of percent wave-offs The model can also be used to compute, for an existing airport where runways are already fixed, the average a ...
  • Oakland Area Traffic Flow and Delay Analysis Volume I
    Oakland Area Traffic Flow and Delay Analysis, Volume I
    1959-12-01 | Federal Aviation Agency Reports | PDF
    Oakland area traffic flow and delay analysis, Volume I.
  • Human Factors In Air Traffic Control Systems Design Summary Report Part II
    Human Factors In Air Traffic Control Systems Design, Summary Report Part II
    1959-11-30 | Federal Aviation Agency Reports | PDF
    Human factors in air traffic control systems design, summary report part II.
  • Capabilities and Limitations of The Pilot Operating In A Terminal Area Without Tower Control
    Capabilities and Limitations of The Pilot Operating In A Terminal Area Without Tower Control
    1959-11-15 | Federal Aviation Agency Reports | PDF
    Capabilities and limitations of the pilot operating in a terminal area without tower control.
  • Development of A Single Channel Belt Conveyor System For The Indianapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center
    Development of A Single Channel Belt Conveyor System For The Indianapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center
    1959-11-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    Development of a single channel belt conveyor system for the Indianapolis air route traffic control center.
  • Feasibility Study For Fog Simulator Phase II
    Feasibility Study For Fog Simulator Phase II
    1959-11-01 | Federal Aviation Agency Reports | PDF
    Feasibility study for fog simulator phase II.
  • Prediction of Operator Effectiveness In Dynamic Air Control Simulation
    Prediction of Operator Effectiveness In Dynamic Air Control Simulation
    1959-11-01 | Federal Aviation Agency Reports | PDF
    This study was undertaken to develop a program for selecting simulator pilot operators to staff the dynamic am traffic control insulators at the Federal Aviation Agency’s National Aviation Facilities Experimental Center.
  • Evaluation of The FireDetection andExtinguishing Systems of Te Navy XP6M1 Airplane
    Evaluation of The Fire-Detection and-Extinguishing Systems of Te Navy XP6M-1 Airplane
    1959-11-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    Evaluation of the fire-detection and-extinguishing systems of Te navy xp6m-1 airplane.
  • Preliminary Evaluation of A Type LE3 Limpander Audio Amplifier Technical Development Report No 418
    Preliminary Evaluation of A Type LE-3 Limpander Audio Amplifier Technical Development Report No. 418
    1959-11-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    The purpose of this evaluation was in keeping with the policy of staying abreast or new developments in the electronic arts and to determine their possible usage in air traffic control systems.
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