UNIQUE AGENCY

[kayakbird]

Heading to SLC to catch a plane to visit cousins in Slovenia and took a slight detour to Rock Springs, Wyo to see this

 

X CHISELED BY THE CAB

 

 

A GSAK 'Placed By' filter for CAB or CAA does not return any others in the states that I have loaded - everything west of the Mississippi except CA, OK & Tex. Are there any back east?

 

kayakbird

[TillaMurphs]

Even though I am sure you knew this, for my own education I had to find out what the agencies were:

 

In 1938, the Civil Aeronautics Act transferred federal responsibilities for non-military aviation from the Bureau of Air Commerce to a new, independent agency, the Civil Aeronautics Authority. The legislation also gave the authority the power to regulate airline fares and to determine the routes that air carriers would serve.

 

In 1940, President Franklin Roosevelt split the authority into two agencies, the Civil Aeronautics Administration (

CAA

) and the Civil Aeronautics Board (

CAB

). The CAA was responsible for air traffic control, safety programs, and airway development. The CAB was entrusted with safety rulemaking, accident investigation, and economic regulation of the airlines. Although both organizations were part of the Department of Commerce, the CAB functioned independently. When a Douglas DC-3A crashed shortly after departing Washington DC on August 31, 1940 the CAB had their first major investigation, that of the Lovettsville Air Disaster set the pattern for subsequent accident investigations.

 

In 1942, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt appointed L. Welch Pogue as Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board. Pogue served as Chairman until 1946. During his tenure he helped strike down a plan for a single world airline.

 

After World War II began in Europe, the CAA launched the Civilian Pilot Training Program to provide the nation with more aviators. On the eve of America's entry into the conflict, the agency began to take over operation of airport control towers, a role that eventually became permanent. During the war, the CAA also greatly enlarged its en route air traffic control system. In 1944, the United States hosted a conference in Chicago that led to the establishment of the International Civil Aviation Organization and set the framework for future aviation diplomacy.

 

In the post-war era, the application of radar to air traffic control helped controllers to keep abreast of the postwar boom in air transportation. In 1946, Congress gave the CAA the task of administering a federal-aid airport program aimed exclusively at promoting development of the nation's civil airports.

 

 

edited to add: I checked Texas and did not find any "CAA" monumented marks. I did not check for "CAB" as the monumenting agency.

Edited October 1, 2011 by TillaMurphs

[+EdrickV]

Don't see any CAA/CAB owners in Michigan. Though there are other agencies that show up. (And oddly enough all the CORS entries I have showed up as "-Unknown-" probably because there is no "Monumented" line. (I changed that in my current database to NGS since they seem to be the ones doing it.)

[holograph]

Here are a few:

Alaska

UV8119

- Monumented

UW6273

- Recovery

TT7106

- Recovery

Maine

QG0562

- Monumented

New Jersey

JU0522

- Monumented

JU0526

- Recovery

JU0529

- Recovery

JU0530

- Monumented

JU0531

- Monumented

Nevada

LR0525

- Monumented

LR0199

- Monumented

Ohio

KZ1883

- Recovery (destroyed)

Texas

CE0116

- Monumented

CE0117

- Monumented

Utah

LP0494

- Recovery

West Virginia

KY3202

- Recovery

Wyoming

MQ0131

- Monumented

Edited October 3, 2011 by holograph

[kayakbird]

Here are a few:

 

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Nevada

LR0525

- Monumented

 

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Thanks, holograph

 

Looks like I will have to take the long way home next spring. Which is OK, I've been looking for an excuse to see the earliest surviving C & GS B. M. disk in Baker City, Oregon.

 

kayakbird