U S Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration

U. S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration EAA Sun & Fun 2001

Contact Information: Paul B. Jones Airworthiness Safety Program Manager National Director FAA AMT Awards Program

Contact Information: www. faa. gov/fsdo/awsp

• A historical look of the Federal Aviation Administration • Father of Commercial Air Transportation

• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking FAR Part 66 Update • History of the FAA/NASCAR AMT Awards

What makes an airplane fly?

What makes an airplane fly? lift thrust drag weight or gravity

What makes an airplane fly?

What makes an airplane fly? MONEY

On July 26, 1775, at the age of 68, the Continental Congress appointed him as the first Postmaster General. It was his policy that “the Post Office should develop all new forms of transportation, which would provide better mail delivery”

Subsidized Examples: Stagecoach; Pony Express and government land grants to the railroads.

December 17, 1903

Seven years later, in 1911, William Randolph Hearst offered a prize of $50, 000 dollars to the first pilot to cross the country in 30 days or less.

Perry Rodgers flew that flight from Long Island to Los Angeles in 84 days. There were few remaining parts of the original airplane.

His sponsor was a grape soda drink called Vin Fiz. Brought to you by:

Congress was impressed and saw the potential. Otto Praeger the Postmaster General took the initiative. It was his goal to foster air commerce so that private capital could be attracted to this new industry.

The US Army Air Corp stepped up to the challenge and said “we will carry your mail. ”

They had four Jenny’s.

The US Army Air Corp wrecked many aircraft and only had an 80% success rate. Congress was impressed and appropriated 1. 5 million dollars for the expansion of airmail.

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Airmail grew and the Post Office started building “inland lighthouses” known as beacons, landing strips, radio stations and searchlights all across the country. Again, Congress was impressed and passed the Kelly Act or “Airmail Act of 1925”.

The Airmail Act of 1925 *Allowed the Post Office to award contracts to private industry and encouraged commercial aviation. *The Postmaster General personally awarded these gov’t subsidized contracts through “competitive bidding” The Army Air Corp was removed from airmail service.

1925

A whole year later, Congress passed the Air Commerce Act of 1926. This act charged the Federal gov’t with the responsibility of: 1) operation and maintenance of the airways facilities 2) aid in navigation 3) airport improvements 4) providing safety in air commerce 5) regulation At the same time………. .

………the Department of Commerce established the Bureau of Air Commerce. Among safety regulations, it was charged with: aircraft registration certification of pilots medical examinations for pilots law enforcement of the regulations But the real reason the Air Commerce Act of 1926 was passed was because……………….

Investment bankers demanded government regulation before they invested private money and capital into this newest form of transportation. $

In 1930, Postmaster Walter Brown had his own vision of aviation, “the Airmail Act of 1930”. He felt competitive bidding did not encourage commercial aviation and felt that: 1)the air carriers were not investing $ 2)operating obsolete aircraft 3)compromising safety Hoover & King Tut

1930’s Postmaster Brown eliminated competitive bidding 1) used airmail funds to subsidize large corporations strong enough to invest the $ back into their operations 2) had absolute power to grant contracts without bidding 3) changed the pay rate from weight to space This forced small mail carriers to join together and purchase and operate larger aircraft. The real reason, Brown wanted these carriers to be able to accommodate passengers as well.

Henry Ford was awarded the first contract.

Ford built their own aircraft.

We know these carriers today as:

In 1934 …………. the new Postmaster General, James Farley cancelled all commercial airmail contracts on charges of collusion. He called in the US Army Air Corp back in to do the job.

They crashed 66 aircraft in six months And killed 12 pilots

Airmail Act of 1934. This act formed a commission to study aviation and how best to regulate air commerce. This commission became the Federal Aviation Commission. 1) charged with regulating air commerce 2) had authority of the US Constitution 3) provided for social and economic strength

Airmail Act of 1934 What it really did was: It took away the airmail contract from the US Army Air Corp once again.

Four years later the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 and its amendments administered new laws affecting air transportation. All regulation would be between the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) and the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA)

CAB- air carrier economic regulation CAA-safety regulation and aircraft accident investigation The CAA started issuing Certificates of Convenience & Necessity Air carriers could not open new routes or abandon old ones without CAA approval

20 years later the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 formed the Federal Aviation Agency and removed aviation from under the Department of Commerce. With the enactment of the DOT in 1966, the Agency became an Administration responsible to the Secretary of Transportation Lyndon Johnson wanted the FAA to support the DOD in the event of war.

In 1978, Congress passed the Airline Deregulation Act. The purpose was to develop an independent airline system that was not subsidized by the federal government. This forced airlines to: 1) lower ticket prices. 2) improve service to smaller areas. 3) fly their own routes. 4) the hub and spoke system, and allowed greater accessibility to travel by air.

BRIEF HISTORY 1926: Air Commerce Act 1938: Civil Aeronautics Act 1940: Presidential Reorganization 1958: Federal Aviation Act 1966: Department of Transportation Act 1997 AMT Awards Program

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NTSB Identification: ATL 93 MA 068. Accident occurred Thursday, April 01, 1993 at BLOUNTVILLE, TN Aircraft: Fairchild SA 227 -TT, registration: N 500 AK Injuries: 4 Fatal. N 500 AK ENCOUNTERED ICING IN FLIGHT BEFORE START OF ILS APPROACH. RADAR DATA SHOWED THAT BEFORE REACHING OUTER MARKER, IT SLOWED IN A MANNER THAT WAS CONSISTENT WITH A POWER REDUCTION (OR PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER), THEN IT ENTERED A STEEP DESCENT & CRASHED. EXAMINATION REVEALED ENGINES WERE NOT OPERATING AT IMPACT & THAT PROPELLERS HAD BEEN FEATHERED. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF ENGINES, PROPELLERS OR ANTI-ICE SYSTEM WAS FOUND. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT ENGINE INLET ANTI-ICE ANNUNCIATOR LIGHTS & STABILITY AUGMENTATION SYSTEM (SAS) FAULT WARNING LIGHT WERE ILLUMINATED DURING IMPACT. THE ENGINE MANUFACTURER REPORTED THAT FLAMEOUTS HAD OCCURRED IN OTHER AIRCRAFT, DURING OR FOLLOWING OPERATION IN ICING CONDITIONS, SOMETIMES AFTER DESCENT INTO WARMER AIR. FLIGHT MANUAL NOTED THAT IF ICING WAS ENCOUNTERED WITH ANTI-ICE SYSTEM OFF, SELECT CONTINUOUS IGNITION & THEN SELECT ENGINE & PROPELLER HEAT (1 ENGINE AT A TIME, ENSURING FIRST ENGINE WAS OPERATING SATISFACTORILY BEFORE SELECTING SECOND ENGINE) & ENGAGE SAS HEAT. NTSB Report The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident was: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO FOLLOW PROCEDURES CONCERNING USE OF THE ENGINE INLET ANTI-ICE SYSTEM AND/OR CONTINUOUS IGNITION WHILE OPERATING IN ICING CONDITIONS, WHICH RESULTED IN PROBABLE ICE INGESTION AND LOSS OF ENGINE POWER; AND THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT AIRSPEED WHILE COPING WITH THE ENGINE PROBLEM, WHICH RESULTED IN A STALL. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: DARKNESS, ICING CONDITIONS, AND ENGINE INLET (NACELLE) ICE. Full narrative available

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NTSB Report

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AMT Awards Program AC 65 -25 B THE YEAR 2001 FAA/NASCAR AMT AWARDS PROGRAM CONTEST Every AMT Award Recipient Is Automatically Entered In The 2001 FAA/NASCAR Awards Program Contest Prize Drawing!

GRAND PRIZE sponsored by: Delta Air Lines & RCR Enterprises. The winner and a guest will receive: Choice of either five nights in Hawaii or Cancun Air transportation from any Delta domestic city And $500. 00 spending money

FAR Part 66 NPRM

FAR Part 66 NPRM Section I. No pilot or mechanic, or persons acting on the direction or suggestion or supervision of a pilot or mechanic may try, or attempt to try or make, or make attempt to try to comprehend or understand any or all, in whole or in part of the herein mentioned Federal Aviation Regulations, except as authorized by the Administrator or an agent appointed by, or inspected by, the Administrator.

FAR Part 66 NPRM Section II. If a pilot or mechanic, or a group of associate pilots or mechanics becomes aware of, or realizes, or detects, or discovers, or finds that he or she, or they, are or have been beginning to understand the Federal Aviation Regulations, they must immediately, within three (3) days notify, in writing, the Administrator.

FAR Part 66 NPRM Section III. Upon receipt of the above mentioned notice of impending comprehension, the Administrator shall immediately rewrite the Federal Aviation Regulations in such a manner as to eliminate any further comprehension hazards.

FAR Part 66 NPRM Section IV. The Administrator may, at his or her discretion, require the offending pilot or mechanic or group of pilots or mechanics to attend remedial instruction on the Federal Aviation Regulations until such time that the pilot or mechanic is too confused to be capable of understanding anything.

Contact Information: Paul B. Jones Airworthiness Safety Program Manager FAA SO-FSDO-03 2 International Plaza Drive Suite 700 Nashville, Tennessee 37217 (615) 781 -5430 ext. 143 paul. b. jones@faa. gov

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