United States. Federal Aviation Administration

Organization

Staff Only

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-FAA

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Series XIII. Microcom, Inc., 1969-1974

Series

Scope and Contents: Microcom, Inc. Established in 1968 as an affiliate of LearAvia Corporation (LAC), Microcom, Inc. (MI) which designed and produced an advanced line of avionics, including the AFC-70 autopilot, is represented primarily by technical documentation. The bulk of the material falls within 1969-1972. A few materials are dated later, due to the transition from an affiliate company to being absorbed by LAC as of December 1972. Because the company records present are nearly all...

Dates: 1969-1974

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives / William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers

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

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives / William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers