A newbies impression of the 109 and spit

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Weren't the FAA set up in 1958?

You guys would have a better understanding of what you are reading in these documents and manuals if you learned a little about Aviation Law and Legislation. It would really help you to understand how to fit them into context. Testing standards and certification of airframes, engines, fuels, pilots manuals are all part of the airworthiness of the design. They were all done on the same principles with very little variation by the convention signers.

The FAA was created by merging the two aviation authorities in the United States under one roof. Before the FAA, aircraft were administered by both the Department of Commerce and the Department of Transportation.

It relocated everyone under one roof like the Air Ministry but the rules established by convention still applied and remained in place!

The FAA is based on British Aviation Law. The same law the Air Ministry still followed in 1940.

At the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 the Aeronautical Commission (a legal subcommittee) drafted the first set of international aviation laws, The International Air Navigation Convention. The laws were patterned after British aviation laws and dealt with both concrete and abstract principles.

The United Kingdom pioneered Aviation Law and was a major player in helping to establish an international standard for all convention signers.

Great Britain, in 1909, was the first nation to address the possibility of government control of aviation manufacturing and aviation transportation. British laws became a reality when the first successful cross-channel flight in 1909 jeopardized Britain’s national security. That year, under British encouragement, the first International Conference in Paris was held. During the conference a host of aviation problems, from the sovereignty of airspace to the spread of contagious diseases, were debated. While no laws were enacted, it was apparent that aviation law was soon to become a reality.

Then in 1917 Great Britain formed the Civil Aerial Transportation Committee to organize growing civil and commercial air traffic trade. The Committee suggested that the government regulate all forms of British aviation, both nationally and internationally. The creation of the committee was an important gesture; it signaled Britain’s intent to transform its military strength from naval to air power, and instigate European aviation reform. The European community of nations was not far behind the British, for it was realized that aviation had become a force to be reckoned with in the final phase of World War I.

Even though the United States was a world power, its government had no impact on the code drafted by Aviation Mission; apparently the United States did not desire to be involved in any law-making other than its own.

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