Word: caa
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There are some 10,000 private fliers in the U. S. and in the four years from 1934 to 1938 there were 690 fatal accidents in U. S. private and miscellaneous flying. But diligent CAA is determined that these totals shall not be increased in proportion to the huge annual increment in amateur fliers for which it will be responsible. Last week it had small-plane manufacturers working on one of the measures it expects the flying industry to take to keep fatalities from reaching a truly appalling figure...
...unprecedented recommendations (subject to CAA approval): That the airline competency ratings of Pilot Stead, Dispatchers Van Sceiver and Showalter be revoked, i.e., that they be fired...
...application of U. S. airworthiness rules to Imperial's aircraft, the hand-tied U. S. Civil Aeronautics Authority replied that it was bound by a reciprocal agreement for the New York-Bermuda route to accept Britain's requirements for Imperial's planes, just as England accepts CAA provisions for Pan American...
...better off than newsmen was the U. S. Civil Aeronautics Authority, which didn't know either. Under a reciprocal agreement, Imperial's planes are checked for airworthiness by Britain's Air Ministry at Bermuda. Pan American Airways planes, which ply the same route, are checked by CAA inspectors at Port Washington...
...ahead for Youth Administrator Aubrey Williams is the training of aviation mechanics in abandoned arsenals, aircraft shops, and school rooms. This is in line with a series of moves to build up personnel reserves and stimulate the aircraft industry, which would be needed in case of war. Said CAA's chairman, Businessman Edward J. Noble, of the student-pilot program: "... A sound measure of national defense . . . sound business for the air industry...