Connecticut’s Laws Pertaining To Airships & Airplanes – 1911

Connecticut’s Laws Pertaining To Airships & Airplanes – 1911

     Connecticut was the first state to pass laws pertaining to airships and airplanes.  The laws took effect June 8, 1911. 

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CT Plan to License Airships

Law to regulate airshipr newspaper

Ct First State newspaper 1

Ct First State newspaper 2

Ct First State newspaper 3

Ct First State newspaper 4

Ct First State newspaper 5

Some thought the law might not be Constitutional.

Ct Law Good newspaper 1

Ct Law Good newspaper 2

     In October of 1911 it was ruled by Connecticut’s Attorney General that balloons were not airships, and therefore did not come under the new law.

 

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