County and municipal file, 1940-1999.

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County and municipal file, 1940-1999.

Airport records, mainly 1940-1982, showing location, layout, and physical characteristics of Wisconsin airports. Records include descriptions of runways, hangars, aircraft, resident airlines, emergency equipment, navigation aids, and obstructions, news clippings, data on airport operations (including creation and expansion), environmental impact reports, and maps and diagrams of facilites. In addition there is extensive correspondence between the bureau, the FAA and local airport and governmental officials, businessmen, and local residents.

29.8 c.f. (29 record center cartons and 2 archives box)

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Wisconsin. Division of Aeronautics.

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Wisconsin. Bureau of Aeronautics

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Chapter 29, Laws of 1977, eliminated a statutory requirement for a separate Division of Aeronautics (see WIHV85-A790). Following a restructuring of the Department of Transportation (see WIHV85-A1884) in September 1978, the Division of Aeronautics became the Bureau of Aeronautics within the Division of Transportation Assistance (see WIHV85-A791). The Bureau manages local aid programs and provides related program and technical services assistance in areas such as aviation ...