Permanent International Aeronautic Commission
The Commission Permanente Internationale d'Aéronautique (Permanent International Aeronautical Commission) was founded in September 1900 by resolution of the Second International Congress of Aeronautics at Paris to advance the progress of aeronautics by scientific advice. The Commission's first meeting was 8 Dec. 1900 in Paris at the Palais de l'institut at which time it established a sub-commission for licensing aeronauts that, on 19 Dec. 1900, proposed requirements and examination for licensing civil and military balloonists world-wide. The Commission was regulated by statutes published in 1901. It stayed based in Paris where it met several times each year and focused on internationalizing the regulations regarding flight. Its mission was reauthorized by the Congress in Milan in 1906 at which time it received the authority to prepare future Congresses and to lend its scientific competence to all events intended to promote the general progress of aerial navigation. The original offices social were in the building of the Societe for the Encouragement of French Industries : Societe dEncouragement pour Industrie Nationale. and it appears to have moved from there to the building of the [Paris] Ministry of Public Works : Ministere des Travaux Publics and then to the address of the Aero Club of France. Its existence was reauthorized by the Congress in Milan in 1906.
The 1st International Congress of Aeronautics met in 1889 at the International Universal Exposition in Paris and the second Congress met when the Exposition returned to Paris in 1900. The original Commission Permanente Internationale d'Aeronautique had 33 members, including the general officers of the 2nd International Congress; representatives from Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Russia, Switzerland, and the U.S., and 10 members from France. Officers named 8 Dec. 1900 were Col. Paul Renard, president; Le Chevalier Pesce, vice president; and Édouard Surcouf, secretary. Members of the Commission received the right to elect other members and to appoint subcommittees for special subjects. The initial U.S. representative was A. Lawrence Rotch, director of the Blue Hill Observatory, Hyde Park, Mass.
It would seem the Commission was considered an authority on aero terms.[1]
By June 1906, the Commission had some 42 members, a list of which is found in the proceedings of the International Aeronautical Congress of 1906 in Milan. The Honorary President was Janssen; the vice-presidents were Louis Paul Cailletet, Octave Chanute, Drzewiecki, Guillaume, Hergesell, and La Valette. Members came from France, Russia, Austria, Germany, Italy, and the United States.[2]
In 1907 the Commission held an extraordinary session in Brussels, concurrent with a meeting of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale and published the proceedings.[3]
By October 1910, there were some 60 members in addition to 10 officers and four honorary presidents.
- Address: Office social, 44 Rue de Rennes, Paris (1901 to at least 1906-1907); Secretariat, 2 Avenue de la Bourdonnais, 7me Arr. (from 1901 to ?); 244 Boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris (1910); 35 Rue François, Paris 1er (1911)
Sources
- ↑ Publication 202, 1903, Aeronautical terms.
- ↑ "Organe de Préparation: Commission permanente Internationale d'Aéronautique", IIIe Congrès International d'Aéronautique: Rapports & Mémoires. Publiés par les soins de la Commission permanente internationale d'Aéronautique], pp. 2–3.
- ↑ Commission Permanente Internationale d'Aéronautique, Procès verbaux et comptes rendus des travaux de la session extraordinaire tenue à Bruxelles de 12 au 15 septembre 1907, Paris: H. Dunod et E. Pinat, 1908.
- Rotch, "The International Congress of Aeronautics," in 6 Report of the Commissioner-General for the U.S. to the International Universal Exposition, Paris, 1900 (USGPO: 1901),346-349
- Commission Permanente Internationale dAeronautique, Proces Verbal 8 Dec1901-28 Oct 1903; Pocket-Book of Aeronautics 437-439 (Eng. ed., Jan. 1907)
- 1:5 Aeronautics (NYC) 42 (1907)
- 1:6 Aeronautics (NYC) 37 (1907)
- Aéro-Manuel 1911 270, 488-489, 493 (1 Oct. 1910)
- 1911-1912 Annuario dell' Aeronautica 412 (Sept. 1911)
Publications referring to Permanent International Aeronautic Commission
- H. A. B. (tr.), 1901, Meetings of the Permanent International Aeronautical Commission (Simple title: Meetings of the Permanent International Aeronautical Commission, Journal: Aër. Journ.)
- Publication 2957, 1901, La commission permanente internationale d'aéronautique (Simple title: The permanent international commission of aeronautics, Journal: L'Aéronaute)
- Publication 6441, 1901, The international permanent aeronautical commission (Simple title: The international permanent aeronautical commission, Journal: Aër. Journ.)
- Publication 2968, 1907, Commission permanente internationale d'aéronautique (Simple title: International Permanent Commission for Aeronautics, Journal: Boll. Soc. Aer. Ital.)
- Publication 2970, 1909, Commission permanente internationale d'aéronautique (Simple title: International Permanent Commission for Aeronautics, Journal: Ill. Aër. Mitt.)
| Organization names | Permanent International Aeronautic Commission : Commission Permanente Internationale d'Aéronautique |
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| Country | France |
| City | Paris |
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| Scope | International, Scientific |
| Started aero | 1900 |
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