Charles Ingram Stanton, Sr. Papers - Civil Aeronautics Administration, Patent No. 2,147,679 [Runway] Illuminating System, 1939

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Charles Ingram Stanton (1893-1986) was a pilot, engineer, and aviation administrator. After graduation from Tufts College (BS 1917) he joined the US Army Air Service, serving in the 122nd Aero Squadron (1917-18). After the end of World War I he joined the Air Mail Service of the Post Office Department (1918-22), moving from test pilot through Assistant General Superintendent. Stanton resigned in 1922 and became General Secretary of the National Aeronautic Association (1922-24). He worked briefly in the US Engineers Corp (Surveyman 1924) before moving to Miami, where he worked as a Civil Engineer (1925-27). He then joined the Commerce Department and served in the Aeronautics Branch and its successor, the Civil Aeronautics Authority (1927-48). While at Commerce, Stanton was involved in all areas of airways work, from layout to administration, including periods as Acting Administrator (1940-42), Deputy Administrator (1944-48), and Administrator of Civil Aeronautics (1942-44), and was involved in international negotiations on air navigation (1944-46). In 1948 he resigned and joined the Technological Institute of Aeronautics of Brazil, where he acted as professor of Air Navigation and Chief of the Airways Division (1948-52). After the expiration of his contract in 1952, Stanton returned to the United States as operational advisor to Bell Laboratories (1952-56) relating to their work to improve the Air Traffic Control system. From 1956 he worked in several capacities on airways and navigation, including periods on the Air Navigation Development Board (1956) and Airways Modernization Board (Chief Airport Development Division, 1957). In 1958 he became Chief of the Airports Division, Research and Development Bureau (1958-62) of the newly established Federal Aviation Administration, where he remained until he retired. Note: Please do not describe any images, photographs, or maps that appear in this project. We are only seeking transcriptions.

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