The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) superseded the Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA) in 1958.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.
1951-12-01
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Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports
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This report describes a short series of flight tests conducted at the Civil Aeronautics Administration, Technical Development and Evaluation Center to evaluate the Crane Alweather Flltegage manufactured by Lapcra Research, Ltd.
1951-10-01
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Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports
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This report describes the base geometry of the tangential approach principle, and ingrates how this principle may be applied to the guidance of aircraft without special electronic equipment or Instrumentation. The study of this approach principle was part of an operational evaluation program on the use of airport surveillance radar as a traffic con
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1951-10-01
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Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports
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This report describes recent tests conducted by the CAA Technical Development and Evaluation Center of the Obstruction Warning Radar, Model HTR-13A, built by the Hughes Aircraft Co. The equipment used In the tests was obtained on loan from Trans World Airlines, Inc., and was of the type now m we by that company.
1951-07-01
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Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports
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This report describes the evaluation of a number of proposed traffic control procedures for the Washington National Airport terminal area by making comparative operational tests on each proposal, using traffic simulation methods. The equipment used was modified from the original Nava screen pictorial display, and the human element, both in the air
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1951-06-01
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Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports
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The problem of providing adequate fire protection in flight for inaccessible aircraft baggage compartments was investigated in the laboratory. As the packaging, handling and shipping methods used for commercial cargo are subject to existing legislation, this program was c on f i n e d to investigating those fires which could originate within person
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1951-05-01
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Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports
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In this report, particular attention was paid to the accident report categories which showed the type of behavior involved in the pilot error accidents.
1951-05-01
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Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports
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This report presents the results of flight tests made with the CAA Type VI Course Line Computer, which was designed and constructed in accordance with a CAA specification.
1951-04-01
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Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports
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This report presents the results of tests conducted at the Technical Development and Evaluation Center on the National Aeronautical Corp VHF omni receivers. developed under Civil Aeronautics Administration contract.
1951-03-01
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Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports
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This report presents a description of five course line computers and three pictorial computers which have been tested, or ere under development, at the Technical Development and Evaluation Center. The development of the pictorial computers Is being sponsored by the Air Navigation Development Board.
1951-03-01
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Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports
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In an effort to improve the operation of VOR facilities in mountainous terrain, two mountain-top sites were specially prepared and experimental VOR stations were installed for flight testing.
1951-03-01
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Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports
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This report describes the construction and the results of experience with a counter or drum-type indicator for use with distance measuring equipment (DME). The indicator was constructed so that operating experience could be gained under actual flight conditions.
1951-02-01
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Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports
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This report presents the results obtained from laboratory and field investigations of the soils stabilizing in properties of numerous chemicals with respect to their applicability for road and airport construction.
1951-02-01
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Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports
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This report presents the results of an investigation to determine the feasibility of widening the spacing between pairs of slope line lights. This spacing is increased by decreasing the angle between the individual light bars and the horizontal.
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