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Alternative Title:The Federal Aviation Administration : a historical perspective, 1903-2008. Chapter 2 : birth of FAA.
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NTL Classification:NTL-AVIATION-AVIATION;NTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-History;
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Abstract:The approaching introduction of jet airliners and a series of
midair collisions spurred passage of the Federal Aviation Act
on August 23, 1958. Taking a comprehensive approach to
the federal role in fostering and regulating civil aeronautics and air
commerce, the new law repealed the Air Commerce Act of 1926, the
Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, the Airways Modernization Act of
1957, and those portions of various presidential plans dealing with
civil aviation. The legislation assigned the functions exercised under
these repealed laws to two independent agencies — a new Federal
Aviation Agency (FAA) and a Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB).
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