air navigation and meteorology 2th ed 1928

Thursday, : In regulations effective on this date, the Department of Commerce required airlines to obtain a certificate of authority to operate if they engaged in interstate passenger service. Church, who has been described as the first female crew member aboard a commercial airliner. The first stewardess was a registered nurse, Ellen E. Thursday, : Boeing Air Transport inaugurated the first airline stewardess service. (See May 19, 1930.) Monday, : The Post Office Department, hoping to stimulate air passenger traffic, issued an order calling for the installation of at least two passenger seats in each mail plane operated by day. The new act gave the Postmaster General very broad regulatory control over route locations, route consolidations and extensions, contract bidding conditions, service conditions, equipment and personnel accounts, and compensation. Tuesday, Ap: The Watres Act further amended the Air Mail Act of 1925 (see May 17, 1928), replacing the weight basis for computing compensation to air carriers with a space-mile formula. By mid-1931, the Aeronautics Branch had certificated forty-eight repair stations.

Previously, anyone making repairs on licensed aircraft had been obliged to submit to the Branch detailed drawings of the repairs made and, in some cases, a stress analysis. The certificate entitled a station to repair only aircraft of types for which it was adequately equipped. Wednesday, Ma: The Aeronautics Branch issued the first two approved repair station certificates to Boeing Air Transport of Oakland, CA, and National Air Transport of Chicago, IL. The program was part of the Aeronautics Branch’s efforts to encourage airport development through promotional activities, disseminating technical and statistical information, and giving expert advice to municipalities. The designation system enabled pilots to know at a glance what facilities to expect at any of the rated airports, which the Branch inspected in response to voluntary applications by airport operators. The airport received the highest possible rating, A-1-A. Daniel Guggenheim intended that the fund be closed when private enterprise would find it “practicable and profitable to carry on.” Saturday, Febru: The Aeronautics Branch announced that it had issued the first rating under the Airport Rating Regulations to the municipal airport at Pontiac, Mich. Established in January 1926 to support the development of American aviation in its formative years, the fund had promoted aeronautical education, subsidized research projects, and assisted efforts to develop commercial aircraft. Saturday, Febru: The Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics terminated its activities. American Airways changed its name to American Airlines on April 11, 1934. Saturday, Janu: American Airways was formed out of a group of carriers that had operated separately under the Aviation Corporation (AVCO), a holding company chartered on March 3, 1929.

Saturday, Janu: An amendment to the Air Commerce Regulations set 500 feet as the minimum altitude at which aircraft might fly, except when landing and taking off. On August 27, 1939, the first air-breathing jet flight of an aircraft had occurred, accomplished by a German Heinkel He 178 aircraft with a jet engine by designed by Hans von Ohain. However, this first Allied jet flight came nearly two years after Germany had accomplished the feat. On May 15, 1941, the Gloster E28/39, a British turbojet powered by a Whittle W/X jet engine, made its first official flight, at Cranwell, England. Manufacture of an experimental version of the engine began in 1936. FAA History (main page) Thursday, Janu: Frank Whittle, a British Royal Air Force officer and engineer, received a patent for his design of a turbojet aircraft engine.

Air navigation and meteorology 2th ed 1928