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From the first fragile biplanes to wide-body jets, from balloons and gliders to the space shuttle, stamps have continued to reflect the amazing interest that people have in vehicles travelling through the sky. As with aviation, stamp…
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On 6 June 1946, toward the conclusion of the first PICAO Interim Assembly, Montréal, Canada was selected as the permanent headquarters of the Organization, by 27 votes. The other candidate cities at the time obtained respectively:…
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At the Chicago Conference, the drafters of the Convention on International Civil Aviation had anticipated the emergence of a United Nations type of post-war organization. Accordingly, they wrote into the Convention a provision…
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American aviation pioneer Dr. Edward Pearson Warner (1894‑1958) was an educator in aeronautical engineering, an author, scientist and a Statesman.…
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With headquarters in Geneva, the International Telecommunication Union is the eldest organization in the United Nations family still in existence. It was founded as the International Telegraph Union in Paris on 17 May 1865 by its twenty…
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‏One of the most vital roles in support of international civil aviation is the provision of Aeronautical Information Services (AIS), the objective of which is to ensure uniformity and consistency in the flow of aeronautical information/data…
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Albert Jean François Roper was born in Paris in 1891. In 1914, he had just undertaken law studies when he served in World War I, initially enlisted in the infantry and later, in 1916, transferred to the Flying Corps. Awarded five citations…
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The International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations (IFALPA) was created during a conference of pilots' associations held in London in April 1948 for the express purpose of providing a formal means for the airline pilots of the…
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