United States. Federal Aviation Administration
Organization
Historical Note
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the agency of the United States Department of Transportation responsible for the regulation and oversight of civil aviation within the U.S., as well as operation and development of the National Airspace System. Its primary mission is to ensure safety of civil aviation.
Citation:
https://www.transportation.gov/transition/FAA/Understanding-FAAFound in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1988-07-08-C
Contents of the Collection
The Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center Collection is comprised of textual, photographic, and audiovisual materials that relate to the operations of the Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC). Materials are dated from 1959 to 1986 with bulk dates in the 1980s. The collection mostly focuses on training materials, including technical diagrams and drawings of the "Dysim," a simulator used for controller training; diagrams of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)...
Dates:
1959-1986; Majority of material found within 1980s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Series V. Lear Jet Corporation, 1960-1974, 1984-1989, 1991-1992, 1999, undated
Series
Scope and Contents: Lear Jet Corporation
Series V: Lear Jet Corporation (LJC) primarily documents the development, production, and distribution of the Learjet Model 23 and Model 24, small and fast executive transport jets, with a lesser degree of coverage about the Lear Liner Model 40. Additionally there is a relatively small amount of information about LJC’s Stereo 8 Division, which designed, developed, and produced the 8-track audio tape cassette player for home, automobile, and personal use. The...
Dates:
1960-1974, 1984-1989, 1991-1992, 1999, undated
Series XIV. Lear Fan Limited, 1942-1947, 1975-1999, undated
Series
Scope and Contents: Lear Fan Limited
Series XIV: Lear Fan Limited (LFL) provides a look into the development, production, flight testing, and quest for FAA certification of the Lear Fan 2100, an innovative all-composite airplane that William P. Lear and his team designed in 1976-1977. The series is arranged into eight subseries: administrative records, correspondence, financial records, legal records, photographs, publicity materials, research materials, and...
Dates:
1942-1947, 1975-1999, undated
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