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4 unusual facts about International Civil Aviation Organization


PICAO

Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization, which became the International Civil Aviation Organization in 1947.

Pierre Marie Gallois

After the war, Gallois was detached to civil aviation and took part in conferences of the International Civil Aviation Organization.

Secondary surveillance radar

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a branch of the United Nations and its headquarters are in Montreal.

Yoko Narahashi

Born in Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan, Narahashi moved to Montreal, Canada in 1952 at the age of five when her father got a job at the International Civil Aviation Organization.


Hasbaya

Assad Kotaite, International Civil Aviation Organization official, Secretary-General (1970–1976), and Council President (1976–2006)

International Aviation Safety Assessment Program

Such international standards and recommended practices are laid down by the United Nations' technical agency for aviation, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

IWXXM

IWXXM includes XML-based representations for products standardized in International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Annex III and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) No. 49, Vol II, such as METAR, SPECI, TAF, and SIGMET.

Jan Bervida

In 1946 was Bervida elected Vice-president of the FAI and one year later 1947 was he elected Vice=president to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

Rheine-Bentlage Air Base

Rheine-Bentlage Air Base (German: Heeresflugplatz Rheine-Bentlage, IATA: ZPQ, ICAO: ETHE) is located near the village of Bentlage, 2 km northwest of the city of Rheine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Ron Chippindale

He was a member of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) teams, which investigated the Mozambican Tupolev Tu-134 air disaster in South Africa in which the President of Mozambique lost his life, and the shooting down of three civil aircraft: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 over Russia and two United Nations (UN) L-130 aircraft in Angola.

Test of English for Aviation

Following several accidents and incidents where language was a contributory factor (such as the Tenerife airport disaster#Communication misunderstandings), the International Civil Aviation Organization now requires all civil pilots and Air traffic controllers (working in an international environment) to have a minimum level of English.


see also

FP4

CFP4, an International Civil Aviation Organization airport code for McQuesten Airport, Yukon, Canada

WADD

Ngurah Rai International Airport, whose International Civil Aviation Organization airport code is WADD