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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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) superseded the Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA) in 1958.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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  • Evaluation of The Continuous Resetting Type of FireDetection System For The B36 Nacelie
    Evaluation of The Continuous Resetting Type of Fire-Detection System For The B-36 Nacelie
    1953-11-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    Evaluation of the continuous resetting type of fire-detection system for the B-36 Nacelie.
  • Development of A Dynamic Air Traffic Control Simulator
    Development of A Dynamic Air Traffic Control Simulator
    1953-10-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    This report outlines the desired performance characteristics of an air traffic control simulator and describes the construction and operation of a dynamic simulator which was designed to meet these requirements.
  • The Status of The Experimental Pictorial Situation Display Project
    The Status of The Experimental Pictorial Situation Display Project
    1953-10-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    The status of the experimental pictorial situation display project.
  • A Review of Aircraft External Lighting Activities
    A Review of Aircraft External Lighting Activities
    1953-09-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    A Review of aircraft external lighting activities.
  • A Burner and Test Bench For Evaluating Aircraft Fire and Heat Detectors
    A Burner and Test Bench For Evaluating Aircraft Fire and Heat Detectors
    1953-09-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    A Burner and test bench for evaluating aircraft fire and heat detectors.
  • Evaluation of The Upson Stall Warning Indicator
    Evaluation of The Upson Stall Warning Indicator
    1953-09-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    This report describes the Upson stall Warning indicator, the auxiliary equipment required for test purposes, the test procedure, and the results.
  • Characteristics of The Mohawk Airline TVCR Ithaca New York
    Characteristics of The Mohawk Airline TVCR Ithaca, New York
    1953-09-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    This report describes the characteristics of The Mohawk Airline TVCR Ithaca, New York.
  • Development In DME Interrogators
    Development In DME Interrogators
    1953-06-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    This report describes some of the improvements which have been made to air-borne distance measuring equipment since delivery of the first 100-channel equipment.
  • The Load Transmission Test For Flexible Paving and Base Courses
    The Load Transmission Test For Flexible Paving and Base Courses
    1953-06-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    This report outlines the Load transmission test for flexible paving and base courses.
  • Aircraft Fire Extinguishment Part III The Instrument For Evaluating Extinguishing Systems
    Aircraft Fire Extinguishment, Part III, The Instrument For Evaluating Extinguishing Systems
    1953-06-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    This report investigates aircraft fire extinguishment instruments.
  • The FourLoop VOR Antenna
    The Four-Loop VOR Antenna
    1953-06-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    This report describes the antenna, the method of exciting the loops and the flight tests and measurements.
  • Characteristics of Magnesium Fluoride and P7 Phosphors For Radar Ppi Applications
    Characteristics of Magnesium Fluoride and P7 Phosphors For Radar Ppi Applications
    1953-06-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    This report describes the results of comparative tests on three cathod-ray tubes of the types used for radar plan position indicator applications.
  • Aircraft Fire Extinguishment Part II The Effect of Air Flow on Extinguishing Requirements Oa A Jet PowerPlant Fire Zone
    Aircraft Fire Extinguishment, Part II, The Effect of Air Flow on Extinguishing Requirements Oa A Jet Power-Plant Fire Zone
    1953-06-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    Test fires were conducted in the fire zone of a jet power plant in order to determine the minimum amounts of fire-extinguishing agents required for extinguishment under different conditions of air flow through the zone.
  • A Preliminary Study of Unidentified Targets Observed on Air Traffic Control Radars
    A Preliminary Study of Unidentified Targets Observed on Air Traffic Control Radars
    1953-05-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    A Preliminary study of unidentified targets observed on air Traffic control radars.
  • The Measurement of VOR Polarization Errors
    The Measurement of VOR Polarization Errors
    1953-05-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    This report deals with the types, the causes, and the measurement of polarization errors of VHF omnirange stations and describes the development of a method for measuring these errors on the ground.
  • Evaluation of The Melpar VORGross Error Detector
    Evaluation of The Melpar VORGross Error Detector
    1953-05-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    This report presents the evaluation of the Melpar Gross Error Detector conducted at the Technical Development and Evaluation Center of the Civil Aeronautics Administration, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  • Development of A DME Antenna Transfer Switch
    Development of A DME Antenna Transfer Switch
    1953-05-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    This report describes an antenna transfer switch developed at the Technical Development and Evaluation Center of the Civil Aeronautics Administration for use with airborne distance measurement equipment (DME).
  • Observed VOR Bearing Errors Caused By 30Cps Amplitude Modulation on The 996KC Subcarrier
    Observed VOR Bearing Errors Caused By 30-Cps Amplitude Modulation on The 9.96-KC Subcarrier
    1953-05-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    Observed VOR bearing errors caused by 30-cps amplitude modulation on the 9.96-KC subcarrier.
  • Evaluation of Orlon and Nylon Windcone Socks
    Evaluation of Orlon and Nylon Windcone Socks
    1953-05-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    Evaluation of Orlon and Nylon Windcone socks.
  • Procedure for Adjusting Percentage Modulation of Test Equipment Used to Calibrate Ils Receivers
    Procedure for Adjusting Percentage Modulation of Test Equipment Used to Calibrate Ils Receivers
    1953-04-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    Procedure for adjusting percentage modulation of test equipment used to calibrate ILS receivers.
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