Comments on: New Glider Popularizes Sport (Dec, 1931) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/04/new-glider-popularizes-sport/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: KHarn http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/04/new-glider-popularizes-sport/comment-page-1/#comment-1056703 KHarn Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:51:42 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4553#comment-1056703 It looks hardly more advanced that those used by Lilienthal and Chanute in the 1890s! A diffrent German design became more popular as it let the pilot sit down and use a stick comtrol. The design was license-built in England also. It looks hardly more advanced that those used by Lilienthal and Chanute in the 1890s! A diffrent German design became more popular as it let the pilot sit down and use a stick comtrol. The design was license-built in England also.

]]> By: Blurgle http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/04/new-glider-popularizes-sport/comment-page-1/#comment-1056604 Blurgle Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:58:45 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4553#comment-1056604 It wasn't called the FAA back then: it was just called the Aeronautics Branch, and aircraft accident reports of the day are listed under the Department of Commerce (which has confused more than a few students). The FAA went through numerous name changes and didn't get its current name until 1967, when accident investigation was split off into the NTSB. I suspect the reason it was founded under commerce was because of commercial aviation. I'm surprised J. Edgar Hoover didn't try to appropriate the investigation of air accidents, especially after the 1933 Chesterton air bombing. It wasn’t called the FAA back then: it was just called the Aeronautics Branch, and aircraft accident reports of the day are listed under the Department of Commerce (which has confused more than a few students). The FAA went through numerous name changes and didn’t get its current name until 1967, when accident investigation was split off into the NTSB.

I suspect the reason it was founded under commerce was because of commercial aviation. I’m surprised J. Edgar Hoover didn’t try to appropriate the investigation of air accidents, especially after the 1933 Chesterton air bombing.

]]> By: Eamon http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/04/new-glider-popularizes-sport/comment-page-1/#comment-1056559 Eamon Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:55:41 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4553#comment-1056559 Hua. I guess I never thought about what dept. the FAA would fall under. Thanks. Hua. I guess I never thought about what dept. the FAA would fall under. Thanks.

]]> By: Rick Auricchio http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/04/new-glider-popularizes-sport/comment-page-1/#comment-1056556 Rick Auricchio Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:49:54 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4553#comment-1056556 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was formed in 1926 as part of the Department of Commerce, hence the reference. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was formed in 1926 as part of the Department of Commerce, hence the reference.

]]> By: Eamon http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/04/new-glider-popularizes-sport/comment-page-1/#comment-1056546 Eamon Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:53:18 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4553#comment-1056546 Why would the Department of Commerce have any say about what type of glider you owned? Do they mean importing it is illegal? Why would the Department of Commerce have any say about what type of glider you owned? Do they mean importing it is illegal?

]]> By: beagledad http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/04/new-glider-popularizes-sport/comment-page-1/#comment-1056537 beagledad Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:27:14 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4553#comment-1056537 Obviously, the "low cost" does not include the cost orthopedic surgery . . . . Obviously, the “low cost” does not include the cost orthopedic surgery . . . .

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