Archive for Tag Archives: ' FAA'

Posted On: April 10, 2013

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) William J. Hughes Technical Center’s (WJHTC) Aviation Fuel and Engine Test Facility (AFETF) [...]

Posted On: January 28, 2013

The NextGen Integration and Evaluation Capability (NIEC) cockpit simulator (see photo) is capable of reconfiguration to virtually any [...]

Posted On: January 02, 2013

The findings from a decade of wake turbulence research are helping to reduce airport delays, shorten final approaches [...]

Posted On: June 15, 2011

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a substantial and wide-ranging overhaul of air carrier crew training. The [...]

T2 Fact

When the United States entered the first world war in 1917, all radio development was controlled by the U.S. Navy to prevent its possible use by enemy spies. The U.S. government took over control of all patents related to radio technology. In 1919, after the government released its control of all patents, the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) was established with the purpose of distributing control of the radio patents that had been restricted during the war. -Mary Bellis, About.com