Podcast: Preserving Aviation's Historical Record

Podcast: Preserving Aviation’s Historical Record

Editorial Staff

Friday, February 17, 2012 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

Greg Herrick spearheaded a 15-year effort to preserve historical early aviation documents, including technical drawings and test reports.
His work ensures that the FAA permanently retains and makes accessible critical information detailing the nuts-and-bolts history of early airplanes.
The "Herrick Amendment" has been included in the latest FAA reauthorization bill to formalize and guarantee the preservation of these historical aviation records.

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The nuts-and-bolts history of early aviation is in the drawings, technical descriptions and test reports of the airplanes of the era, and that information is now preserved and accessible thanks to Greg Herrick. AVweb‘s Russ Niles spoke with Herrick about his 15-year effort to ensure the FAA keeps that information permanently and about the Herrick Amendment that’s in the latest FAA reauthorization bill.

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