Air Traffic Historical Publications
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Alaska Region

Mukluk Telegraph's 1943-1950
Alaskan Mukluk Telegraph Publications

Alaskan Region Intercoms
Issue 75--25 06/20/1975.pdf
Issue 75-26, 06/27/1975.pdf
Issue 75-27, 07/03/1975.pdf

Issue 79-??, about March 1979.pdf

Alaska Trapline Newsletter
Trapline 7/1971.pdf

Alaska Region Telephone Directory
February 1964.pdf
January 1968.pdf
July 1971.pdf
May 1974.pdf
1976.pdf
June 1980.pdf

Alaska Region Organizational Charts
1961
1965
1967
1973
1974

1976


FAA World
Publications


FAA Aviation News
Not available yet

FAA Horizons
Not available yet

Journal of ATC Magazine
Not available yet

Radio Range
Airville, Pennsylvania Radio Range 1933

Bureau of Air Commerce
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)

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


Miscellaneous Links
AOPA article on outsourcing FSS out to Lockheed Martin
AOPA FSS/Lockheed Martin update, June 2008
AOPA article on Lockheed Martin/FSS transition

1987 San Diego FSS Facility Directory, with Photos (PDF 3.5mb)
The Last Lighthouse Article (PDF .5mb)
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.
FAA Handbook: Maintenance of Astronomic Time Switches and Photo Electric Devices for Airway Lighting 1963
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.

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