Tag Archive for: Aviation

1958 (Vetoed) Airport Development Act – White House Enrolled Bill File

This is the White House Executive Clerk’s enrolled bill file for the bill S. 3502 of the 85th Congress, which was a bill proposing to reauthorize the federal airport grant program for four more years…

1955 Airport Development Act – White House Enrolled Bill File

This is the White House Executive Clerk’s enrolled bill file on S. 1855 of the 84th Congress, a bill which reauthorized the federal airport grant program for four years and which also switched the program…

1957 Interim Report of the President’s Special Assistant for Aviation Facilities Planning

This is the April 4, 1957 interim report of Edward P. Curtis, President Eisenhower’s Special Assistant for Aviation Facilities Planning. It recommends the immediate establishment of an independent Airways Modernization Board to mediate between the…

1945 Burden Memo on Postwar Civil Aviation Policy

This 13-page April 1945 white paper from the Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of War for Air advocates a vigorous program of federal promotion and financial assistance for air carriers, air traffic control facilities,…

Transportation Weekly – October 4, 1999

This is a PDF of the first issue of Transportation Weekly (Volume 1, Issue 1), published October 4, 1999. 

FY20 Budget Request – Summary Tables

This PDF file contains nine summary tables relating to the Trump Administration’s fiscal year 2020 budget request for the U.S. Department of Transportation, released in full on March 18, 2019.

Shutdown disruptions fodder for supporters of ATC privatization

“The recent five-week partial government shutdown offered new fodder for those who support turning air traffic control (ATC) over to a nonprofit private entity.”

Billions for the Future of Flying

New runways at airports in New York, Washington, Los Angeles and San Francisco could reduce delays there that can quickly ripple through the national flight system, said a January report by the Eno Center on…

Why airlines are happy settling for stability after high hopes at start of Trump administration

Paul Lewis, VP of Policy for Eno, talks about the policy certainty provided by the five-year FAA reauthorization just passed by Congress and the prospects for ATC reform after it wasn’t included in the legislation.