Word: faa
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...other side of the door, the 32 passengers knew only that something was wrong. "I know they don't move the sun, and it was on the wrong side of the plane," recalled a nervous lady. At Miami International airport, FAA radar observers were aware of trouble, too. Efforts to raise the plane by radio failed. An eavesdropping Pan American pilot on a training flight slid his jet close by to identify the Electra. From SAC's Homestead Air Force Base came a fully armed F-102 to hover watchfully 5,000 ft. above the hijacked plane...
...twin-engine plane loses power in one engine, making it so difficult to fly that comparatively few weekend flyers hold twin-engine ratings. The result is a two-engine plane that Cessna believes pilots with a single-engine rating (the bulk of the businessman flyers) can safely fly. If FAA provides a new rating for the Skymaster, Cessna thinks that many a smaller plane owner will trade up to the two-engine class...
...Federal Aviation Agency Administrator Najeeb Halaby is learning something about the pressure groups that dogged his predecessor, Elwood ("Pete") Quesada. Air Line Pilots Association Boss Clarence Sayen told Halaby that their relationships could easily be improved by transferring FAA Counsel Daggett Howard to some other job. Unmentioned by Sayen: Howard has won case after court case against the A.L.P.A...
SLOPPY INSPECTION of Electras before they were delivered to airlines brought a $6,000 fine to Lockheed from the Federal Aviation Agency. Among things found in wing fuel tanks were screws, rubbish, vacuum cleaners, a rivet gun. Since violations were uncovered, Lockheed has tightened up its inspections to FAA's satisfaction...
...President's 1955-57 Aviation-Facilities Study Group, which warned that fast-moving jets would soon saturate U.S. airways. Experienced both in Government service (Defense Department, ECA, NATO) and private industry (Servomechanisms, Inc.), "Jeeb" Halaby made it clear that he intends to exercise the same firm control over FAA that characterized Quesada's service. In all efforts to minimize the perils of U.S. airspace, said Halaby, he would deal directly with President Jack Kennedy...