ALASKA REGION
Mukluk Telegraph’s 1943-1950 (searchable)
Alaskan Mukluk Telegraph Publications
Alaskan Region Intercoms
Alaska Trapline Newsletter (searchable)
Trapline Jul 1971.pdf
Trapline Nov- Dec 1974.pdf
Trapline May-Jun 1975.pdf
Trapline Nov 1980.pdf
Alaskan Economic Development Plan, August 1966
Development Plan (49 pages)
Alaska Region Telephone Directory (searchable)
| February 1964.pdf (9MB) January 1968.pdf (7MB) |
July 1971.pdf (19MB) May 1974.pdf (14MB) |
1976 Directory.pdf (13MB) June 1980.pdf (19MB) |
Alaska Region Organizational Charts
1961 1965 1967 1973 1974 1976
Alaska Aviation News 1991 (pdf)
Alaska Aviation Public Affairs News 1984 (pdf)
Alaska Flight Service Modernization Newsletter, April 1987 (pdf)
THE AIRWAY PIONEER, SOCIETY OF AIRWAY PIONEERS. THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS
Commemorating the “Golden Anniversary” of Air Mail Radio Service 1920-1970 (76 pages)
AIRWAY BULLETINS 1927-1931
| No. 1-200, 1927 No. 201-400, 1927-1928 |
No. 401-600, 1928-1929 No. 601-800, 1929 |
No. 801-1000, 1929-1930 No. 1001-1259, 1930-1931 |
FAA ORGANIZATIONAL DIRECTORIES
Scroll through the ebooks to view organizations, contacts, organization charts, regions, international area offices, William J. Hughes Technical Center, and facility abbreviations.
| January 1991 December 1993 June 1995 |
June 1996 September 1997 October 1998 |
July 1999 July 2000 August 2001 |
FAA Horizons
First Edition, June 12, 1967
Special Alaska Horizons Issue, October 1966
Alaskan Tour Section, September 1966
Journal of ATC Magazine
Not available yet
US BUREAU OF AIR COMMERCE
Civil Aeronautics in the United States, April 1, 1934
Civil Aeronautics in the United States, August 1, 1935
Civil Aeronautics in the United States, August 1, 1937
Aviation Training 1935
The Federal Airways System Early Days
An excellent history of the early airways by Steve Wolff
History of the early airways by Steve Wolff
The Federal Airways System July 1, 1936
Weather reports, airway beacons, landing fields, aeronautical radio facilities.
State Aeronautical Legislation Digest and Uniform State Laws
1932 Regulations of Aeronautical Lights & Air Navigation Obstruction
Regulations governing establishment and certification of aeronautical lights and recommended standards for marking obstructions to air navigation. July 1, 1932.
Airport Rating Regulations, July 1, 1932
Rating of air-navigation facilities available for the use of aircraft.
Air Commerce Bulletins 1929-1939
Air Commerce Regulations 1934
Licensing and inspection of aircraft, pilots, mechanics, air traffic rules
Bureau of Air Commerce Radio Facilities and Broadcast Schedule. March 5, 1935 (PDF)
Dept. of Commerce El Passo to Pueblo Airway Site Locations 1942 (PDF .5mb)
Montoya, NM Radio Beacon Site Map. Date unknown (PDF .2mb)
Colonias, NM Radio Beacon Site 79 Map (PDF .1mb)
The Aeronautics Branch, Department of Commerce;
Its history, activities and organization, by Laurence F. Schmeckebier
Early Communications
Early Communications (1.3mb PDF, 228 pages)
FAA Historical Chronology
FAA Historical Chronology 1926-1996 (2.3mb PDF, 290 pages)
Southwest Region
Southwest Region Bicentennial History Publication (PDF 2.2mb, 116 pages)
Contains excellent historical information on the Airways Division, Air Traffic, and Flight Standards, including the development of air traffic in New Mexico, Texas, and Louisiana.
Northwest Mountain Region
Northwest Mountain Region Intercom’s and other publications
1970 Air Traffic Control System (pdf)
The story of the Federal Air Traffic Control System
And the crews who man this vast network 24 hours a day. July 1970 (five page pdf file).
Wyoming Publications 1930-1958
Sheridan FSS newspaper articles 1958 and 1970 (pdf)
Fourteen Wyoming Airway Charts 1928-1930 (pdf)
Wyoming Bulk Fuel Sites, December 1934 (pdf)
Airway and Airport Lighting, US Department of Commerce, 1938 – 1945
Air Marking 1938, Civil Aeronautics Bulletin No. 12
Airport Lighting 1941, Civil Aeronautics Bulletin No. 10
Air Marking 1945, Civil Aeronautics Bulletin No. 12
Miscellaneous Links
FAA History -The Early Years
A Brief History of the FAA
A Brief History of Air Traffic Data Communications
Teletype Typefaces and Baudot Paper Tape Code
Celebrating 75 Years of Federal Air Traffic Control
The Development of Night Navigation in the U.S.
1 How the Pilot’s Checklist Came About
2 How the Pilot’s Checklist Came About
Lighthouse Service Bulletin 1927
Alaska ATC Pre-development Job Offer Memo 1980 (pdf)
AOPA article: Lockheed Martin Flight Service changes name to Leidos
AOPA article on outsourcing FSS out to Lockheed Martin
1987 San Diego FSS Facility Directory, with Photos (pdf 3.5mb)
Research on the Airways Division, Bureau of Lighthouses
109 pages of historical information compiled by Mary Louise Clifford
U.S. Lighthouse Service Airways Division (aids to navigation)
The Last Lighthouse Article (pdf .5mb)
Lighthouse Digest Magazine (historical dates and database)
Flight Inspection History
Steel Airway Beacon Tower Brochure 1928
Origins of the FAA (PDF)
National Air Traffic Control Day, 1986 – 50th anniversary of ATC (PDF)
First Airmail Letter
Big Springs, Nevada, Dept. of Comm. Site 56 Salt Lake-Omaha Lease Agreement
Medicine Bow, Wyoming National Register of Historic Places Application (pdf)
Blanding, Utah Weather Station Documents: US Dept. of Agriculture 1939-1945 (pdf)
The Airway Pioneer Publication 1984-1990: A random mixture (pdf)
Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) Wartime History Map (pdf)
Study of Air Traffic Trainee Aptitude-Test – Navy, Marines, & FAA Controllers 1968 (pdf)
Air Traffic Specialist OJT & Position Certification Order 3120.24A, 1993
ATC En Route Terminal Training Programs, 3120.181, 1983
Analysis of the 1952 B-17G in Tull Canyon, Washington 1952, by Paul Eisenberg
Radio Range
The History of the Low Frequency Radio Range, Aviation’s First Radio Navigation System
Great site with nice graphics and an interactive map
Airville, Pennsylvania Radio Range 1933
Four Course Radio Range Video (YouTube)
View a model of a four course radio range on YouTube. The original four course ranges were very large because they operated in the very low frequency range, requiring 200 foot high towers with wide spacing.
More information on four course ranges can be found on Wiki
Four-Course Low-Frequency Radio Ranges
Radio Range Photos and articles
Pacific Radio News, New Stations of the Aerial Mail Service, 1920
Link contains 1 of 438 pages from the Pacific Radio News, Volume 1, Page 291, dated August 1920, describing in detail one of the most efficient radio circuits in the world located between two Aerial Mail Service radio stations, North Platte, Nebraska, and at Elko, Nevada.
A link to a comprehensive collection of most aircraft ever built in the world
An archive of historic photos and facts.
Extensive List of Airway Beacon Locations
Eastern United States Airway Beacons
Western United States Airway Beacons
Provides a manual of technical standards, operational procedures, special methods and techniques to guide technical personnel in the maintenance of astronomic time switches and other lighting aids.
U.S. Department of Commerce Federal Airway System 1936
Aeronautics Bulletin #34, July 1, 1936. Description of the Federal Airway System embracing 22,000 miles of lighted and radio-equipped air routes.
U.S. Department of Commerce General Airway Information 1931
Bulletin #1: General Airway Information, September 1, 1931.
Bulletin #2: Descriptions of Airports and Landing Fields, September 1, 1931.
Cibola County, New Mexico Historical Society
A group of people dedicated to the preservation of the airway beacon sites.
View brochure and a list of Kohler manufacturing dates and serial numbers between pre-1936 and 1973.
Four Post Airway Beacon Towers Specifications, 1927 (pdf)
Specifications provided by the Airways Division explaining the 51 ft, 62 ft, and 75 ft. beacon tower requirements for bidding purposes.
Military Aerial Navigation Beacon Specifications, 1953 (pdf)
Covers beacon towers intended for use as supporting structures for lights.
Airway Beacon Towers Brochure, June 1928
Floor Plan, Airways Keepers Watch House, 1931
Miscellaneous Airway Beacon Links
How it began
Historical view of the airway lighted beacons
Airway Beacons: Montana’s Night VFR Navigation System (pdf)
Montana’s Airway beacon history