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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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) superseded the Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA) in 1958.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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  • Studies in Motion Sickness
    Studies in Motion Sickness
    1946-04-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    Studies in Motion Sickness
  • An Analysis of Inspectors Ratings of Check Flights as Recorded on Form ACA 342Z
    An Analysis of Inspectors’ Ratings of Check Flights as Recorded on Form ACA 342Z
    1946-03-21 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    The report is the outcome of close cooperation among the Committee on Selection and Training of Aircraft Pilots. It embodies information of practical value to Safety Regulations Division in assessing the value of inspector ratings of flight performance and the potential usefulness of standard rating forms of the type represented by ACA 342Z.
  • Comparison of Student Pilot Performance in Successive Check Flights as Measured by Photographic Records
    Comparison of Student Pilot Performance in Successive Check Flights as Measured by Photographic Records
    1946-03-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    The photographic records were collected in connection with the Midwest-Navy Training Project. These records were analyzed to assess and the degree to which improvement or lack of improvement occurred from the consistency of student pilot performance in successive check flights, first to second flights.
  • A Study of Individual Differences among Flight Instructors in Making Spot Landings
    A Study of Individual Differences among Flight Instructors in Making Spot Landings
    1946-02-12 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    The study described in this report was in a large sense the outcome on interest in the data pointing to consistent differences among transport pilots with respect to the portion of the runway used in landing a plane reported in a study by the Technical Development Section, Civil Aeronautics Administration.
  • Measures of Exercise Tolerance
    Measures of Exercise Tolerance
    1946-02-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    The report describes a series of investigation undertaken to provide acceptable measures of tolerance. An outstanding feature of the investigation is the use of refined statistical techniques to determine the applicability of a battery of submaximal cardiovascular-respiratory measures in predicting maximal tolerance for specific types of physical a ...
  • Soil Stabilization by the Use of Rosin
    Soil Stabilization by the Use of Rosin
    1946-02-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    Series of laboratory tests done on soil stabilization by the use of rosin.
  • An Analysis of Graphic Records of Pilot Performance Obtained by Means of the RS Ride Recorder Part II Quantitative Evaluation of Pilot Performance on 720 Power Turns
    An Analysis of Graphic Records of Pilot Performance Obtained by Means of the R-S Ride Recorder, Part II Quantitative Evaluation of Pilot Performance on 720 Power Turns
    1946-01-18 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    This report reflects the interest of the Committee on Selection and Training of Aircraft Pilots in arriving at objective and reliable measures of pilot performance.
  • Preliminary Experimental Investigations of Tension as a Determinant of Performance in Flight Training
    Preliminary Experimental Investigations of Tension as a Determinant of Performance in Flight Training
    1946-01-10 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    The findings of this report describe the outcomes of research designed to determine the effects of tension on learning to fly.
  • Evaluation of Instructional Techniques Described as Effective by Flight Instructors
    Evaluation of Instructional Techniques Described as Effective by Flight Instructors
    1946-01-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    This report represents an effort to compile and make use of the knowledge and experience of flight instructors in training pilots.
  • The Effect of Massing and Distribution of Practice on the SAM Complex Coordination Test
    The Effect of Massing and Distribution of Practice on the S.A.M. Complex Coordination Test
    1945-12-26 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    The report is one of a series devoted to extensive research psychomotor tests conducted at the State University of Iowa through the cooperation of the Committee on Selection and Training of Aircraft Pilots.
  • History and Development of the Ohio State Flight Inventory Part II Recent Versions and Current Applications
    History and Development of the Ohio State Flight Inventory, Part II: Recent Versions and Current Applications
    1945-11-15 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    This report describes the intermediate forms and the current version of the Ohio State Flight Inventory and outcomes from the use of this instrument in later committee research.
  • Report on the BostonMidwest Project
    Report on the Boston-Midwest Project
    1945-11-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    The purpose of the Boston-Midwest project, conducted under the auspices of the National Research Council Committee on Selection and Training of Aircraft Pilots, was to provide a field trial for a number of promising techniques for the selection of pilots, and to provide further data on certain criterion instruments or the evaluation of flight perfo ...
  • Analysis of the Desire to Fly DF Inventory
    Analysis of the Desire to Fly (D-F) Inventory
    1945-10-23 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    The study described in this report is another example of the extent to which the skill of numerous psychologists and resources of many universities have been utilized through the operation of the National Research Council Committee on Selection and Training of Aircraft Pilots.
  • AbilitytoTakeIt Tests Examiner Differences and Validation
    Ability-to-Take-It Tests: Examiner Differences and Validation
    1945-10-17 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    The attached report entitled "Ability-to-Take-It" Tests: Examiner Differences in Validation. This report grows out of concern with the performance of pilots under stress and the effort to identify those whose flight performance would be handicapped by reason for failure to adapt to stress situations.
  • Triangulation Tests at the New York Pittsburgh and Washington Direction Finder Stations
    Triangulation Tests at the New York, Pittsburgh and Washington Direction Finder Stations
    1945-10-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    Triangulation tests at the New York, Pittsburgh and Washington direction finder stations.
  • A Laboratory Study of the Effectiveness of Various Chemicals as Soil Stabilizing Agents
    A Laboratory Study of the Effectiveness of Various Chemicals as Soil Stabilizing Agents
    1945-10-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    A laboratory study of the effectiveness of various chemicals as soil stabilizing agents.
  • A Test of Decision Time Reliability and Generality
    A Test of Decision Time: Reliability and Generality
    1945-09-25 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    The attached report grows out of an interest in determining the feasibility of predicting the success of a pilot in making decisions in conflict situations.
  • History and Development of the Ohio State Flight Inventory Part 1 Early Versions and Basic Research
    History and Development of the Ohio State Flight Inventory, Part 1: Early Versions and Basic Research
    1945-07-10 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    The present report describes the early research which led to the formation and preparation of a comprehensive and standardized check list of items descriptive of a pilot's performance during the flight.
  • The Aircraft Pilot 5 Years of Research
    The Aircraft Pilot, 5 Years of Research
    1945-06-15 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    In 1939, the Civil Aeronautics Authority (now the Civil Aeronautics Administration) undertook an ambitious program of training civilian pilots. The purpose of this was to make young men and young women prepare the present generation of young people to fly the private and commercial planes of the future. The outcomes summarized in the attached repor ...
  • Development of the UltraHighFrequency Radio Range Part III a VisualAural UltraHigh Frequency Radio Range with Simultaneous Voice
    Development of the Ultra-High-Frequency Radio Range, Part III a Visual-Aural Ultra-High Frequency Radio Range with Simultaneous Voice
    1945-06-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    This paper describes the development of the ultra-high-frequency radio range, part III a visual-aural ultra-high frequency radio range with simultaneous voice.
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