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Title 14 CFR – Aeronautics and Space is one of the fifty titles that make up the United States Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Title 14 is the principal set of rules and regulations (sometimes called administrative law) issued by the Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration, federal agencies of the United States which oversee Aeronautics and Space.
The airline was established in 1969, as Wrangler Aviation and started operations in 1973, using Lockheed Constellation aircraft under FAA Part 91. It became a Part 121 carrier in 1978 and became an all-cargo airline in 1981.
The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) was an agency of the federal government of the United States, formed in 1940 from a split of the Civil Aeronautics Authority [1] and abolished in 1985, that regulated aviation services (including scheduled passenger airline service [2]) and, until the establishment of the National Transportation Safety Board in 1967, conducted air accident investigations.
Martin, Patrick (1994). Tail Code: The Complete History of USAF Tactical Aircraft Tail Code Markings. Schiffer Military Aviation History. ISBN 0-88740-513-4. Maurer Maurer (1983), Air Force Combat Units of World War II, Office of Air Force History. ISBN 978-0-405-12194-4; Menard, David W. (1993) USAF Plus Fifteen: A Photo History, 1947–1962.
In 1975, the 160th ARG became the first Air National Guard unit to convert to the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker all jet tanker aircraft as part of SAC's Eighth Air Force. The group was the first ANG unit to perform the SAC 24-hour Alert mission and pass a SAC Operational Readiness Inspection in July 1976.
CSI Aviation was founded in 1979 by Allen Weh, a now retired colonel in the United States Marine Corps Reserve.. In 1983, CSI began representing various United States airlines to the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) through the U.S. Military Traffic Command, which included handling Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) coordinating domestic and international military scheduled and air charter ...
Aircraft position reports are sent as voice radio transmissions. In the United States, a flight operating under IFR is required to provide position reports unless ATC advises a pilot that the plane is in radar contact. The pilot must resume position reports after ATC advises that radar contact has been lost, or that radar services are terminated.
1991 Gulf War Boeing KC-135 accident: Near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: Severe weather and wake turbulence: 0 Due to excess maneuvering, the airframe was pushed to its limits. Two out of the four engines detached from the aircraft. The plane executed an emergency landing 1991-05-26 Lauda Air Flight 004