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B9:2-1; B1:4-1
Montana. Aeronautics Division.
Montana Aeronautics Division
records
1946-1996
35 linear feet of shelf
space
These records (1946-1996) of the Montana
Aeronautics Division contain Administration records, Legal Bureau records
Aviation and Education Bureau records, and Navigational Aids and Airport
Operations Bureau records.
English
Historical Note
The Montana Aeronautics Commission was established in 1945 by the
State Aeronautical Regulatory Act, to supervise the aeronautics industry in the
state and to encourage the development of aeronautics by supporting the
building of local airports and air navigation facilities. In 1963 the
Commission set up the Montana Aviation History Project to research the history
of flight in Montana. The project resulted in the publication of Montana and
the Sky, by Frank Wiley. In 1972 the Commission became the Montana Aeronautics
Division.
These records (1946-1996) of the Montana Aeronautics Division contain
Administration records consisting of Commission correspondence and mail-outs,
administrator and bureau chiefs correspondence, an organizational chart,
interoffice memos, agenda packets, special reports, annual reports to the
governor, project files (including the Buckley study and the TAP study), and
other miscellaneous subject files.
Legal Bureau records consisting of correspondence, hearing files,
legislation files, opinions and interpretations, regulations, resolutions, and
project files.
Aviation and Education Bureau records consisting of aviation education
files, project files, and search and rescue files.
Navigational Aids and Airport Operations Bureau records consisting of
operations files, records on beacons, State Airport System Development Plan
files, and Worthie M. Rauscher's airport project files. The records also
contain case files regarding the construction and maintenance of airports
state-wide.
Arranged by subgroup and series
Collection is open for research.
The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the
Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication,
and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library
before any reproduction use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to
all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may
require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
[item description and date]. Name of Collection. Collection Number.
[box and folder number]. Montana Historical Society Research Center. Archives.
Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information available upon request.
Preliminary sorting only.
See also: Montana Aeronautics Commission Records (RS 77)
1945-1967.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Montana
Historical Society catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related
topics, persons, or places should search under these terms.
Aeronautics
and state-- Montana.
Airports--Montana.
Montana--Politics and government.
Montana
Transportation
Detailed Description of the Collection
Administration [B9:2-1]
1946, 1961-1987
Commission
1 / 1-3
Commission
correspondence
1961-1974
1 / 4-8
Commission correspondence
(mailings sent to Commission members before meetings)
1976
1 / 9
"Commission policy relative to
aircraft uses, executive travel, and pilots"
1969
1 / 10
"Policy, operations, and
procedures manual"
1969
Correspondence
1 / 11-19
Aeronautics Division
Administrator
1970-1975, 1981-1982
1 / 20-21
Airport/Airways
Bureau
1964-1977
1 / 22-29
Airport/Airways Bureau
Chief
1980-1987
1 / 30
Airport Engineer
1970
2 / 1-17
Airport Engineer
1970
2 / 18
General
correspondence
1967-1969
2 / 19-25
Safety and Education Bureau
Chief
1967-1971, 1982-1985
Personnel
2 / 26
Organizational
charts
1962
Operations
3 / 1-10
Interoffice memos
1967-1977
3 / 11
Interoffice memos
(Airport/Airways Bureau)
1967-1977
Reports
3 / 12-42
Agenda packets (include:
agendas, Commission minutes, budget reports, and monthly reports)
1969-1975
4 / 1-34
Agenda packets (include:
agendas, Commission minutes, budget reports, and monthly reports)
1976-1981
5 / 8
Annual report to the Governor
[note out of box- order sequence]
1946
Special Reports
5 / 1
"Commission policy on pilots,
aircraft, and air transportation"
1969
5 / 2
"Special report to Montana
Aeronautics Commission, Department of Transportation meeting, September 16,
1969"
1969
5 / 3
Miscellaneous (re Energy and
Growth Project assessment; short haul air transportation; personal property
taxation of aircraft; aviation fuel license taxes)
1968-1975
5 / 4
Quick reference
minutes
1970-1972
Special Meetings
5 / 5
Montana Aeronautics
Conference
1968
5 / 6
Staff meetings
(divisional)
1974-1978
Press Releases
5 / 7
Press releases
1963-1969
Projects
5 / 9 [folder 8 above]
Glasgow Air Force Base:
AVCO-Glasgow International Airport
1971-1975
5 / 10
Glasgow Air Force Base:
Trans-East Air d/b/a Trans Rocky
1971-1972
5 / 11
Short Haul Air Transportation
Study
1968-1970
5 / 12-15
Buckley Study ("The need for a
comprehensive investigation of the aviation requirements of the State of
Montana")
1966-1968
T. A. P. Inc. State-Wide Air
Study
5 / 16
Proposal
1967
5 / 17
Progress report
1968
5 / 18
Correspondence
1966-1969
5 / 19
TAP statistical
update
1967
5 / 20
Third Level Air Carrier
Study
1967-1975
5 / 21-23
Aircraft Pool Study
1970-1980
5 / 24
"1974 National transportation
study: State of Montana work program"
1974
5 / 25
Montana-Europe scheduled air
service feasibility study
1974-1977
State of Montana [state
agencies]
6 / 1
Board of Crime
Control
1973
6 / 2
State Board of
Equalization
1962-1970
6 / 3
State Dept. of
Health
19662-1971
State Associations
6 / 4
Montana Flying Farmers and
Ranchers
1962-1970
6 / 5
Ninety-Nines, Montana Chapter
(women pilots)
1962-1970
6 / 6
Northern Plains Air
Transportation Council
1969-1975
United States [federal agencies
and congressmen]
6 / 7-13
Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) correspondence
1964-1986
6 / 14
Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) Central Region correspondence
1964-1969
6 / 15
Senator Lee Metcalf
correspondence
1970-1973
6 / 16-18
Customs and
immigration
1963-1971
Airlines
6 / 19
Concorde (re possible flights
into Great Falls)
1975-1977
6 / 20
Condor Airlines
1976
6 / 21
Frontier Airlines
1973-1975
6 / 22
Northwest Airlines
1973-1975
6 / 23-25
Northwest Airlines
strike
1972-1978
6 / 26
Western Airlines
1968-1969
6 / 27
Technology in Action is
Progress Inc. (consulting firm)
undated
Miscellany
6a
Miscellaneous (unsorted:
includes correspondence, reports, FAA. conferences, etc.)
1965-1996
Legal Counsel
1956-1975
Standard Files
7 / 1-5
General
correspondence
1964-1970
7 / 6
Liability insurance
1967
7 / 7
Air carriers and Montana
communities
1968
7 / 8-10
Local airline
service
1970-1971
7 / 11
Aircraft
registration
1975
Legislative Files
7 / 12-14
40th - 43rd Legislative
Assemblies
1967-1971
7 / 15-16
44th Legislative Assemblies
(includes head tax)
1973
7 / 17-19
45th Legislature (includes fuel
tax)
1975
8 / 1-5
46th Legislature (includes fuel
tax)
1977
8 / 6-7
47th Legislature
1979
8 / 8-9
Opinions and
interpretations
1958-1969
8 / 10
Regulations
1961-1968
8 / 11
Resolutions
1968-1971
8 / 12
Drag strips
1964-1966
8 / 13-17
Taxation
1956-1974
Aviation and Education
1959-1968
Aviation Education
9 / 1
Dept. of Public Instruction (re
aviation and education workshops)
1959-1961
9 / 2
Flight orientation
scholarships
1967-1968
9 / 3
School of Aeronautics and
Related Trades, Helena Vo-Tech (includes minutes of Advisory
Committee)
1967-1968
Safety and Compliance /
Education
1952-1979
Operations / Projects
9 / 4
General correspondence and
information; Korean Veterans flight training schools (PL 550)
1952-1959
9 / 5
Flight Line Inc.
(Belgrade)
1958
9 / 6
Ridonlee Copters (Big
Fork)
1964
9 / 7
Montana pilot flight
plan
1963-1967
9 / 8
Wind data (wind rose)
chart
1966
Seminars
9 / 9
Flight Instructors Refresher
Course (FIRC)
1962-1969
9 / 10
Aviation Mechanics Refresher
Course (FIRC)
1963-1966
9 / 11-12
Flight Seminar for
Youth
1964-1969
Reports
9 / 13-15
Monthly reports
1965-1967, 1970-1976
Flying Organizations
9 / 16-18
Civil Air Patrol (CAP)
1967-1979
Search and Rescue
9 / 19
Downed aircraft locator beacon
1966-1978
9 / 20
Satellites
1973-1974
Navigational Aids and Airport
Operations
1961-1979
Operations
10 / 1
Navigational Aids
policy
1968
10 / 2
Hospital heliports
1966-1974
10 / 3
Airport inspection
forms
1965
Beacons
10 / 4-6
Beacon Relocation
Program
1963-1965
10 / 7
Beacons to be moved
1965-1966
10 / 8
Beacon charts
1965-1966
10 / [no number]
State Airport System
[Development] Plan (MSAS[D] P)
undated
Reports
10 / 9
Correspondence
1970-1971
10 / 10
"Interim State Airport Systems
Plan"
1968
10 / 11
"A proposal to conduct an
analysis of Montana's statewide airport system requirements for the period
1971-1990"
1971
Folder 1
1972 National Transportation
Needs Study forms D-1 (State airport System Definition) and D-2 (Individual
Airport Data
[1971]
10 / 12
"Airport System Planning Grant
application"
1972
10 / 13
"Montana State Airport
Development Plan, progress report no. 1"
1972
10 / 14
"Preliminary report[s] on
airport requirements and estimated development costs" for districts 1-7 and
9-12
[1973]
10 / 15
"Update to the Montana State
Airport System Plan"
1979
10 / 15
Butte Chamber of Commerce
position paper
1975
Projects [airport project files
of Worthie M. Rauscher, arranged alphabetically by airport]
10 / 17-18
A (includes Arlee,
Ashland)
1962-1967
10 / 19-31
B (includes Babb, Baker,
Benchmark, Bennett [private field near Heron], Big Timber, Bigfork, Billings,
Boulder, Bozeman, Bridger, Broadus, Butte)
1962-1971
11 / 1-10
C (includes Cascade, Chester,
Chinook, Choteau, Circle, Clearwater Junction, Colstrip, Conrad, Culbertson,
Cut Bank)
1962-1970
11 / 11-15
D (includes Darby, Dillon,
Drummond, Dutton)
1963-1969
11 / 16-20
E (includes East Poplar,
Ekalaka, Ennis, Eureka, Evaro)
1962-1974
11 / 21-25
F (includes Fairview, Florence,
Fort Belknap, Fort Peck Reservoir, Fortine)
1964-1974
11 / 26-33
G (includes Gardiner, Garneill,
Gates Park, Glasgow, Glendive, Great Falls)
1960-1970
11 / 34-45
H (includes Hamilton, Hardin,
Harlem, Harlowton, Hauser Lake, Havre, Helena, Henderson [private air field new
Superior], Hobson, Hogeland, Hysham)
1960-1970
11 / 46-48
J-K (includes Joliet, Jordan,
Kalispell)
1962-1974
11 / 49-55
L (includes Lambert, Laurel,
Lavina, Libby, Livingston)
1964-1974
11 / 56-64
M (includes Madison
Canyon/River/Valley [Raynolds Pass], Malta, Marias Pass, Meadow Creek, Medicine
Lake, Miles City, Missoula)
1961-1974
11 / 65-66
N-O (includes Noxon/Trout
Creek, Ovando)
1967-1972
11 / 67-70
P (includes Philipsburg,
Plentywood, Polebridge, Poplar)
1963-1970
11 / 71-77
R (includes Richey, Rock Creek,
Rocky Boy, Rudyard)
1962-1971
11 / 78-85
S (includes Saco Hot Springs,
Scobey, Seeley Lake, Sidney, Stanford, Sula, Sunburst)
1964-1971
11 / 86-89
T (includes Three Forks,
Townsend, Turner, Twin Bridges)
1964-1970
11 / 90-91
V (includes Valier,
Vaughn)
1966-1969
11 / 98
Y (includes
Yellowtail)
1967
Un-inventoried Records [Accession
S1992-93; S1997-38; S1997-46]
1965-1991
Subject Files
12-13
Numbered subject files:
Accession S1992-93
undated
14
Airport data sheets
1970s
15-21
Mixed subject files and
correspondence: Accession S1997-38
1965-1991
22
Mixed subject files and
correspondence: Accession S1997-46
1965-1991
Airport/Airways Bureau
[B1:4-1]
1946-1995
Airport Case Files
23 / 1-2
Anaconda
1971-1991
23 / 3-38
B (includes Baker, Big Sandy,
Big Timber, Billings, Bozeman, Bridger, Broadus, Butte)
1960-1994
23 / 39-42
C (includes Chinook,
Circle)
1965-1982
24 / 1-10
C (includes Colstrip, Columbus,
Conrad, Crow Agency, Cut Bank, Culbertson)
1959-1994
24 / 11-15
D (includes Deer Lodge,
Dillon)
1983-1994
24 / 16-19
E (includes Ekalaka, Ennis,
Eureka)
1976-1995
24 / 20
F (includes
Fairview)
1968-1983
25 / 1-2
F (includes Forsyth, Fort
Benton)
1946-1993
25 / 3-19
G (includes Gardiner,
Geraldine, Glacier Park International, Glasgow, Glendive, Great Falls
International)
1958-1995
25 / 20-23
H (includes Hamilton, Hardin,
Harlem)
1962-1991
26 / 1-5
H (includes Havre,
Helena)
1963-1989
26 / 6-10
J-K (includes Jordan,
Kalispell)
1963-1989
26 / 11-16
L (includes Laurel,
Lewistown)
1968-1995
27 / 1-16
L (includes Libby, Lincoln,
Livingston)
1957-1995
27 / 17-26
M (includes Malta, Miles City,
Missoula)
1961-1994
28 / 1-13
P (includes Philipsburg,
Plentywood, Poplar)
1946-1995
28 / 14-15
R-S (includes Rock Creek,
Scobey)
1963-1989
29 / 1-5
S (includes Shelby,
Sidney/Richland, Stanford, Sweet Grass/Coutts Border)
1958-1987
29 / 6-12
W (includes West
Yellowstone)
1958-1987
30-33
W (includes West
Yellowstone)
1956-1987
34 / 1-17
W (includes West Yellowstone,
White Sulphur Springs, Wolf Point)
1963-1987
Miscellany
35 / 1-15
Miscellaneous unsorted
material
1958-1995