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30 unusual facts about Federal Aviation Administration


Airlines for America

The Federal Aviation Administration's JASC (Joint Aircraft System/Component) code table provides a modified version of ATA Spec 100.

Aldo da Rosa

From 1945 to 1951 da Rosa founded and was the first head of the Research and Standardization division of the Diretoria de Rotas Aéreas (the Brazilian FAA).

Bluegrass Balloon Festival

The festival petitioned the National Safety Council and the FAA to allow the flight of hot air balloons, which was approved only two days before the festival.

Borrego Springs, California

The area was first designated in 1976 and has an operational waiver approved by the Federal Aviation Administration.

Checked baggage

According to the rules of most air transportation authorities, such as the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and European Union's Joint Aviation Authorities, should passengers flying internationally with checked baggage fail to arrive at the departure gate before the flight is closed, that person's baggage must be retrieved from the aircraft hold before the flight is permitted to take off.

Epilepsy and driving

In the United States, the Federal Aviation Administration often prohibits anyone with epilepsy from being issued a pilot's license, even if the seizures are controlled by a medication or have completely ceased.

Federal Aviation Administration

The latter, the FAA "Wings Program", provides a series of three badges for pilots who have undergone several hours of training since their last award.

It took over the building and operation of the nation's system of lighted airways, a task that had been begun by the Post Office Department.

Goleta Beach

It was able to secure approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to go ahead with the experiment as the action may affect the Santa Barbara Airport.

Greater Southwest International Airport

In 1964, the Federal Aviation Administration, tired of funding separate airports for Dallas and Fort Worth, announced that it would no longer support both.

Helicopter flight controls

Washington, DC: Flight Standards Service, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Dept. of Transportation, 2001.

Hypobaric chamber

The FAA and some larger airlines also require their pilots to periodically take altitude chamber training.

John Starnes

According to the Federal Aviation Administration airman certification inquiry, Starnes is also a flight instructor for single engine airplanes.

KGGG-FM

However, on November 24, 2010, after the FAA "had previously imposed a condition on the tower owner to coordinate any new frequencies on the tower," Connoisseur cancelled its CP and the FCC deleted the 107.7 FM frequency.

Lockheed Martin Information Technology

In 2005, a 10-year contract with the FAA for operating Automated Flight Service Stations (AFSS).

Michigan Institute of Aviation and Technology

MIAT is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges, certified by the Federal Aviation Administration, and approved by the United States Department of Education, State of Michigan, and the Veteran Administration.

The Michigan Institute of Aviation and Technology (commonly referred to as MIAT) is a certified Federal Aviation Administration Part 147 school for aircraft maintenance, and also offers Power Technology and Transportation Dispatch programs.

Monarch Pass

An automated weather station (AWOS), provided by the Federal Aviation Administration, is located atop Monarch Pass, broadcasting at 124.175 mHz, providing pilots of small aircraft access to real-time weather conditions near the summit.

Mundelein High School

It was one of the few aviation technology programs in a high school until it was removed from the curriculum due to lack of sponsors and a lack of accredited teachers, as the school required teachers to not only hold an Illinois teaching certificate, but either a pilot's license or an airframe-and-powerplant mechanic certificate from the FAA as well.

Noise Free America

# Quieting jet aircraft: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) should set stricter noise thresholds for existing private and commercial internal combustion engine airplanes and mandate significantly quieter engines for future aircraft of this type.

Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics

The Hagerstown and Youngstown Branch Campuses each offer a 16-month diploma program in Aviation Maintenance which, like the Aviation Maintenance degree program, qualifies graduates to test for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airframe & Powerplant (A&P) Certification.

Porsche PFM 3200

In a letter dated September 17, 2007, Porsche informed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that it was surrendering the type certificate for the PFM 3200 engine and that it would no longer support the engine.

The Academy @ Shawnee

This level of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification is normally only found at the university level.

The Stafford Foundation

Stafford also had a 20-year distinguished career in the U.S. military that included service as the assistant Air Force Liaison Officer to the Federal Aviation Administration.

US Airways fleet

All airframes will be transferred to American Airlines once a Single Operating Certificate is awarded by the Federal Aviation Administration.

Victoria Osteen

The Osteen family was escorted off the flight, and the FAA fined Victoria Osteen $3,000 for “interfering with a crew member," which Osteen paid uncontested in order to put the incident behind her.

What Planet Are You From?

Meanwhile, an employee of the FAA (John Goodman) who learned of Harold's odd behavior on an airplane has become totally obsessed with proving him to be an alien and being the first one to find him.

Wildlife Services

It works with the civil and military aviation community, specifically airports, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to minimize wildlife strikes to aircraft and protect public safety.

Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award

The Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award was instituted by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on October 11, 2003, to recognize pilots who have practiced safe flight operations continuously for 50 or more years during the course of their aviation careers.

WWLV

While the Federal Aviation Administration found "determination of no hazard," the FAA only had authority over public airports.


Audubon County Airport

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Audubon County Airport is assigned ADU by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned ADU to Ardabil Airport in Ardabil, Iran).

Aviastroitel AC-5M

In October 2011 there were 22 AC-5Ms registered with the US Federal Aviation Administration and one registered with Transport Canada.

Beaver County Airport

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Beaver County Airport is BVI to the FAA and BFP to the IATA (which assigned BVI to Birdsville Airport in Birdsville, Queensland, Australia.

Boulder Municipal Airport

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Boulder Municipal is BDU (formerly 1V5) to the FAA and WBU to the IATA (which assigned BDU to Bardufoss Airport in Bardufoss, Norway).

Carla Martin

While working for the Federal Aviation Administration, Martin was assigned to the case of United States v. Zacarias Moussaoui and continued her work on that case after transferring to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in 2002.

Chester County G. O. Carlson Airport

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Chester County Airport is MQS to the FAA and CTH to the IATA (which assigned MQS to Mustique Airport on Mustique island in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.)

Con-way

After the acquisition of Purolator and a United States Postal Service contract dispute, EWA suffered two maintenance-related crashes in the 1990s and was grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration.

Contact approach

The Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM), published by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), emphasizes that the contact approach is meant only as a substitute for a standard IAP.

Cougar Helicopters Flight 91

As the state of manufacture, the United States was represented by eight investigators, from the National Transportation Safety Board, assisted by the FAA and Sikorsky.

DeLand Municipal Airport

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, DeLand Municipal Airport is assigned DED by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned DED to Jolly Grant Airport in Dehradun, India).

Delano Municipal Airport

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Delano Municipal Airport is DLO to the FAA and has no IATA code.

Double Eagle II Airport

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Double Eagle II is assigned AEG by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned AEG to Aek Godang Airport in Padang Sidempuan, Sumatra, Indonesia).

Drone journalism

The Federal Aviation Administration, which regulates airspace over the US, has yet to establish rules for integrating UAS into the National Airspace System (NAS), though Congress has called for the FAA to establish such regulations by 2015.

Edward Peck Curtis

In 1956-1957, he served as Special Assistant to the U. S. President for Aviation Facilities Planning and was instrumental in planning for the Federal Aviation Administration and the Federal Aviation Act of 1958.

Hollister Municipal Airport

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Hollister Municipal Airport is assigned CVH by the FAA and HLI by the IATA.

Joint Planning and Development Office

The JPDO is a multi-agency public/private initiative to include: United States Department of Transportation, United States Department of Defense, Department of Commerce, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Aviation Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Jonathan Kwitny

His book jacket biographies record that his reporting forced J. Lynn Helms, chief of the Federal Aviation Administration, to resign, and dogged President Ronald Reagan's National Security Advisor Richard V. Allen for conflicts of interest.

Judd Gregg Meteorology Institute

The institute conducts projects and partnerships with the National Weather Center, the University of New Hampshire, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Air Force, the National Center for Atmospheric Research, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Mount Washington Observatory, the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory and many other agencies.

Kennedy K-W

As of May 2011 this aircraft was still registered with the Federal Aviation Administration and based in Milo, Iowa.

Langhorne Bond

Langhorne McCook Bond (born March 11, 1937) was the Administrator of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter.

Marin County Airport

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Marin County Airport/Gnoss Field is DVO to the FAA and NOT to the IATA (which assigned DVO to Francisco Bangoy International Airport in Davao City, Philippines).

Mariposa-Yosemite Airport

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Mariposa-Yosemite Airport is assigned MPI by the FAA but the IATA assigned MPI to Mamitupo, Panama).

Netco Government Services

Netco provides network infrastructure and IT support services for government agencies including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Energy (DOE), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), National Security Agency (NSA), Office of Naval Research (ONR), U.S. Marine Corps, and the U.S. Navy.

Rantoul National Aviation Center

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Rantoul National Aviation Center is assigned TIP by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned TIP to Tripoli International Airport in Tripoli, Libya).

RJ Hadley

He has also held software technology positions in the United States and abroad with the Federal Aviation Administration, Motorola, and Logica.

Rota International Airport

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Rota International Airport is assigned GRO by the FAA and ROP by the IATA (which assigned GRO to Girona-Costa Brava Airport in Girona, Spain).

Roxie Collie Laybourne

In addition to her employers, Laybourne's expertise aided the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, General Electric, the National Transportation Safety Board, Pratt and Whitney, and Rolls-Royce.

US Helicopter

US Helicopter was the only scheduled helicopter airline service in the United States certified by both the United States Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration.