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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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) superseded the Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA) in 1958.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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  • Survey of State Airport Zoning Legislation
    Survey of State Airport Zoning Legislation
    Hunter, John M
    1939-06-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    Of the problems confronting civil aeronautics today, there are few, if any, more important or difficult than that of clearing airport approaches of existing obstructions and that of keeping them clear. And, of the solutions of these problems that have been suggested, there is none as satisfactory in many respects, as police power "airport zoning". ...
  • Report of Aviation Medical Meeting Kansas City Missouri January 2425 1939
    Report of Aviation Medical Meeting Kansas City Missouri, January 24–25, 1939
    1939-05-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    Report of Aviation Medical Meeting Kansas City Missouri, January 24–25, 1939 lists proposed organization functions and scope of activities the committee to the Civil Aeronautics Authority.
  • Studies to Develop Methods of Determining Emotional Stability
    Studies to Develop Methods of Determining Emotional Stability
    1939-05-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    This report was undertaken to establish whatever correlations might exist between the state of "pilot acceptability" which is characteristics of the group of pilots and co-pilots studied and the results of objective methods applied to it.
  • Survey of Aeronautical Radio Technical Developments in Europe and Activities in Connection with the Third World Conference of Radiotelegraph Experts
    Survey of Aeronautical Radio Technical Developments in Europe and Activities in Connection with the Third World Conference of Radiotelegraph Experts
    1939-02-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    This report is the chronological record of the writer's movements, activities, and observations in connection with an official trip as United States delegate to the Third World Conference of Radiotelegraph Experts for Aeronautics, which met at Paris, France, November 3 to 5, inclusive.
  • Report of Tests Conducted with the PanAmerican Airways Direction Finder at Alameda California
    Report of Tests Conducted with the Pan-American Airways Direction Finder at Alameda, California
    1939-01-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    This report describes a series of tests and observations on the Pan-American Airways ground direction finder which were recently concluded at Alameda, California.
  • Analysis of Fatal Accidents in Miscellaneous Flying
    Analysis of Fatal Accidents in Miscellaneous Flying
    1939-01-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    This is report is restricted to miscellaneous flying accidents involving fatalities in order to reduce the statistical volume and to insure considerable volume and to insure consideration of cases containing maximum details. The period covered is between January l, 1934 and December 31, 1937.
  • The Alfaro Engine Reissued As Technical Development Report No 18
    The Alfaro Engine [Reissued As Technical Development Report No. 18]
    United States. Civil Aeronautics Authority
    1939-01-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    The Alfaro engine built for the Bureau of Air Commerce (now Civil Aeronautics Authority) by Aircraft Development, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, passed its contract two hour acceptance test on May 16, 1938. This engine was developed to its present stage with the assistance of the Bureau in an attempt to promote a more efficient power plant for commer ...
  • The Alfaro Engine
    The Alfaro Engine
    Cullum, K. S
    1939-01-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    Analysis of the Alfaro engine.
  • Superficial Corrosion Attack on the Surfaces of Alclad Sheets
    Superficial Corrosion Attack on the Surfaces of Alclad Sheets
    1938-12-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    The purpose of this report is to publish Mr. Dix's discussion of superficial corrosion attack on the surfaces of alclad sheets.
  • Operations Requirements Air Mail PickUp Contracts
    Operations Requirements, Air Mail Pick-Up Contracts
    1938-12-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    The report describes Operations Requirements, Air Mail Pick-Up Contracts
  • Memorandum concerning Radio Communications
    Memorandum concerning Radio Communications
    1938-12-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    This confidential note will discuss radio communications, airway traffic control, and radio aids encountered on a typical 2100-mile cross-country trip by airplane from major cities.
  • Development and Use of the Airport Orientator
    Development and Use of the Airport Orientator
    1938-12-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    Development and use of the airport orientator.
  • Report No 5 Development and Use of the Airport Orientator
    Report No. 5: Development and Use of the Airport Orientator
    Metcalf, I. R.
    1938-12-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    Inasmuch as the ordinary effort of instrument flying is increased when the airplane is within the airport area due to the preparations for the approach and landing, it is advisable to afford the pilot some relief, if possible, from this increased effort. The Airport Orientator, an instrument developed by the Bureau of Air Commerce, provides the pil ...
  • Memorandum concerning Air Carrier Operations Safety Procedure
    Memorandum concerning Air Carrier Operations Safety Procedure
    1938-11-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    This letter makes a number of recommendations which can conveniently be divided under specific service categories on operations safety procedure.
  • Memorandum on Processed Experimental Air Mail Contracts
    Memorandum on Processed Experimental Air Mail Contracts
    1938-11-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    This report proposes recommends a program of experimental flying and the letter accompanying it explained that it was a reply to a request from the Air Safety Board to the aviation industry for their best "thoughts on the subject of caving human life, and the ultimate reduction to the Government in the cost to it of scheduled airline flying by doin ...
  • Proposed Program for the Development of Alaskan Airports Includes Airport Lists
    Proposed Program for the Development of Alaskan Airports Includes Airport Lists
    1938-10-31 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    This report proposes a program for the development of Alaskan airports and includes airport lists.
  • Comparison of Direction Finder Bearings Taken on Transmitting Stations Employing Loop and Vertical Antennas
    Comparison of Direction Finder Bearings Taken on Transmitting Stations Employing Loop and Vertical Antennas
    1938-10-28 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    This report describes an investigation made at the request of the Airways Engineering Division or the purpose of accumulating sufficient information to permit the above comparison to be drawn.
  • Aeronautical Light Nomenclature Reissued As Technical Development Report No 18
    Aeronautical Light Nomenclature [Reissued As Technical Development Report No. 18]
    United States. Civil Aeronautics Authority
    1938-10-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    General definition of terms related to aeronautical as approved by the International Commission on Illumination and the U. S. National Committee.
  • An UltraHighFrequency Aircraft Receiver
    An Ultra-High-Frequency Aircraft Receiver
    1938-09-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    An ultra-high-frequency aircraft receiver.
  • Memorandum concerning Government Air Travel
    Memorandum concerning Government Air Travel
    1938-09-01 | Civil Aeronautics Administration Reports | PDF
    This document presents views of the principal air carriers of the United States concerning Government Air Travel.
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