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Title: Aeronautics Commission. North Dakota Aviation Council Files
Dates: 1946-2016
Record Series: 31448
Quantity: 2 feet
Abstract: Consists of minutes, correspondence, membership rosters, memoranda, reports, by-laws, aviation mechanic awards, and annual conference files.
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Historical Sketch
As early as 1948 there was an organization called the North Dakota Aviation Operators Association that held annual meetings, followed legislation and regulation of matters such as aerial spraying and safety, and in conjunction with the FAA and the Aeronautics Commission, presented awards to Aviation Mechanics and Flight Instructors. At some time between 1971 and 1973 the organization’s name changed to North Dakota Aviation Association.
In 1983 a meeting was held under the auspices of the North Dakota Aviation Interest Council. Out of this meeting the North Dakota Aviation Council was founded by six aviation organizations interested in promoting aviation in the state and presenting their concerns before government and the general public. Those organizations are: North Dakota Aviation Association; North Dakota Professional Aviation Mechanics Association; Airport Association of North Dakota; North Dakota Agricultural Aviation Association; North Dakota Pilots Association; North Dakota Experimental Aviation Association; and Association of Aviation Museums. It was founded with the notion that solutions to problems facing aviation can be best served by consolidating and working together rather than struggling as independent special interest groups. The NDAC seeks to serve aviation professionals by providing a forum for the exchange of information, ideas, and experience among their peers-pilots, agricultural operators, airport managers, FBO’s, aviation mechanics, educators and aviation museums in Fargo and Minot.
Advancing the goals of the member organization is an important function of the annual Upper Midwest Aviation Symposium. The organization also operates the North Dakota Aviation Hall of Fame.
Over the years the Council has become an influential voice for the flying public and aviation services in North Dakota. By combining talents and resources, they are set to explore answers to the most pressing issues of today to ready ourselves for the exciting aviation world of tomorrow.
To communicate the issues, the happenings locally, statewide and on the national scene, the Council provides to the memberships of all organizations the “North Dakota Aviation Quarterly”. This publication has been in existence for twenty years, providing information to all of North Dakota aviation.
Source: NDAC website and ND Aviation Council Records
BOX / FOLDER INVENTORY
Box 1:
1 North Dakota Aviation Operators Association Annual Meeting 1948-1952
2 North Dakota Aviation Operators Association Annual Meeting 1955
3 North Dakota Aviation Operators Association Annual Meeting 1956
4 North Dakota Aviation Operators Association Annual Meeting 1957
5 North Dakota Aviation Operators Association Annual Meeting 1964
6 North Dakota Aviation Operators Association Annual Meeting 1965
7 North Dakota Aviation Operators Association Annual Meeting 1966
8 North Dakota Aviation Operators Association Annual Meeting 1967
9 North Dakota Aviation Operators Association Annual Meeting 1968
10 North Dakota Aviation Operators Association Annual Meeting 1969
11 North Dakota Aviation Operators Association Annual Meeting 1970
12 North Dakota Aviation Operators Association Annual Meeting 1971
13 North Dakota Aviation Association Annual Meeting 1977
14 North Dakota Aviation Association Annual Meeting 1979
15 North Dakota Aviation Association Annual Meeting 1981
16 North Dakota Aviation Association Annual Meeting 1985
17 Aviation Mechanic Award 1963
18 Aviation Mechanic Award 1964
19 Aviation Mechanic Award 1965
20 Aviation Mechanic Award 1966
21 Aviation Mechanic Award 1967
22 Aviation Mechanic Award 1969
23 Aviation Mechanic Award 1970
24 Aviation Mechanic Award 1971
25 Aviation Mechanic Award 1972
26 Aviation Mechanic Award 1973
27 Aviation Mechanic Award 1974
28 Aviation Mechanic Award 1975
29 Aviation Mechanic Award 1976
30 Aviation Mechanic Award 1979
31 Aviation Mechanic Award 1980
32 Aviation Mechanic Award 1981
33 Aviation Mechanic Award 1982
34 FAA Central Region Aviation Mechanic Award 1968
35 Flight Instructor of the Year Award 1976
36 Flight Instructor of the Year Award 1979
37 Person of History Award – Carl Ben Eielson 1986
38 Pilot Safety Awards 1972
39 North Dakota Aviation Operators Association Correspondence 1946-1976
40 Correspondence – Jack Daniels 1956-1957
41 North Dakota Aviation Operators Association – Local Service Carriers
42 Aviation Mechanic Seminar 1976
43 North Dakota Aviation Association Membership List 1978, 1982, n.d.
44 Aerial Applicator Regulations 1965-1975
45 Aviation Advisory Council Meeting 1974
46 Aviation Advisory Council Meeting 1983
47 Airport Association of North Dakota 1983
48 North Dakota Agricultural Aviation Association 1971-1986
49 North Dakota Aviation Interest Council 1983
50 Antique Aircraft 1959-1968
51 National Aeronautics Association – Bismarck Chapter 1946
52 National Aeronautics Association – Minot Chapter 1945-1948
53 Underground Storage Tank Regulations 1985
Box 2:
1 North Dakota Aviation Council Formation 1983
2 North Dakota Aviation Hall of Fame 1997-2016
3 NDAC January 1983-April 1984
4 NDAC September 1984-April 1985
5 NDAC September 1985-April 1986
6 NDAC September 1986-April 1987
7 NDAC September 1987-April 1988
8 NDAC September 1988-April 1989
9 NDAC September 1989-April 1990
10 NDAC September 1990-April 1991
11 NDAC September 1991-April 1992
12 NDAC September 1992-April 1993
13 NDAC September 1993-April 1994
14 NDAC September 1994-April 1995
15 NDAC September 1995-April 1996
16 NDAC September 1996-April 1997
17 NDAC September 1997-April 1998
18 NDAC September 1998-April 1999
19 NDAC September 1999-April 2000
20 NDAC September 2000-April 2001
21 NDAC September 2001-April 2002
22 NDAC September 2002-April 2003
23 NDAC September 2003-April 2004
24 NDAC September 2004-April 2005
25 NDAC September 2005-April 2006
26 NDAC September 2006-April 2007
27 NDAC September 2007-April 2008
28 NDAC September 2008-April 2009
29 NDAC September 2009-April 2010
30 NDAC September 2010-April 2011
31 NDAC September 2011-April 2012
32 NDAC September 2012-April 2013
33 NDAC September 2013-April 2014
34 NDAC September 2014-April 2015
35 NDAC September 2015-April 2016
35 NDAC Vision 2000
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