Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) – Sewn Flag

Choose Your Options

Every Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Sewn Flag is made to order, so tell us how you want it built. These are the choices.

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• Mounting: A pole hem is a sewn sleeve along the hoist edge that slides over an indoor or parade pole. A pole hem with fringe adds gold rayon fringe on three edges, the traditional ceremonial finish. Grommets are brass rings set into a canvas header, the standard finish for an outdoor flagpole.
• Single-sided or double-sided: A single-sided flag carries the design on the front only; the back is blank. A double-sided flag shows the design on both sides and is built one of three ways:
  • Double-reverse: one layer of fabric, so the appliqué shows through on the back in reverse. The lightest build.
  • Double-paneled: two panels sewn back to back, so the design reads correctly on both sides. The heaviest build, and it needs the most wind to fly.
  • Single field, double seal: one field with the emblem on the front and a second emblem tacked to the back, so the seal reads correctly from either side without the weight of two panels.
• Sewn construction: Each color of the emblem is cut from fabric and appliquéd to the field with a satin stitch. Lettering and fine detail are embroidered with a fill stitch. The result stands in relief and reads across a room.
• Size: 3x4 FT, 3x5 FT, 4x6 FT, 52x66 IN. For another size, give us the finished width and height you need.

Product Features

• Official Federal Aviation Administration design: the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Sewn Flag carries the Federal Aviation Administration’s official emblem, reproduced to the agency’s design in the mounting and size you order.
• Sewn construction: each element of the emblem is cut from fabric and satin stitched to the nylon field, with lettering and fine detail embroidered in fill stitch, so the design stands in relief and reads across a room.
• Nylon field: lightweight nylon that hangs well on an indoor pole and carries cleanly in a parade.
• Built your way: single-sided or double-sided (double-reverse, double-paneled or single field double seal); pole hem, fringed pole hem or grommets; 3x4 FT, 3x5 FT, 4x6 FT, 52x66 IN.
• Made in the USA: every FAA flag we sell is made in the USA.
• Matched sets: order one flag or a set for every office, and the mounting and size will be the same on each.

Historical Background

Federal oversight of civil aviation began with the Air Commerce Act of 1926, which created an Aeronautics Branch in the Department of Commerce, renamed the Bureau of Air Commerce in 1934. President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Civil Aeronautics Act in 1938, creating the Civil Aeronautics Authority. In 1940 it was split into the Civil Aeronautics Administration, which returned to the Department of Commerce, and the Civil Aeronautics Board.

On August 23, 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal Aviation Act, which created an independent Federal Aviation Agency responsible for civil aviation safety. Elwood "Pete" Quesada took office as its first Administrator on November 1, 1958, and on December 31, 1958 the agency took on the full scope of its duties, replacing the Civil Aeronautics Administration. When the new Department of Transportation began full operations on April 1, 1967, the Federal Aviation Agency became one of its modal organizations and was renamed the Federal Aviation Administration.

The Federal Aviation Act of 1958 directed the new agency to adopt an official seal. The Army provided several designs, and after several changes the agency accepted one on July 21, 1959. Administrator Quesada formally adopted the seal on October 29, 1959, and it was published in the Federal Register on November 5, 1959. The wording changed when the agency was renamed in 1967, and in 2006 the FAA removed the fleur de lis from the top of the compass.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Flag carries the FAA emblem at the center of an orange field. FAA Order 1700.6D describes the FAA logo as a circular gold border around a blue background with the white words "Federal Aviation" at the top and "Administration" at the bottom, enclosing a light green globe with gold latitude and longitude markings and a gold four-pointed compass rose with a stylized gold wing on its horizontal axis. We make it in the finish and size you order.

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Flag: Symbolism at a Glance

• Globe: Shows the world in a circle, which denotes the immense space covered in flight.
• Four-pointed compass rose: Denotes the direction of flight.
• Wing: Represents speed in flight.