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Alternative Title:The Federal Aviation Administration : a historical perspective, 1903-2008. Chapter 5 : an evolving agency in a changing world.
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NTL Classification:NTL-AVIATION-AVIATION;NTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-History;
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Abstract:On January 20, 1977, Jimmy (James E.) Carter became President of the United States. Brock Adams became his first secretary of
transportation. John McLucas resigned as FAA Administrator
on April 1, 1977, and LANGHORNE BOND [TERM: 05/04/77
– 01/20/81] succeeded him, becoming the seventh FAA
Administrator. The son of a vice
president of Pan American Airways,
Bond had a law degree from the
University of Virginia. He had
been a member of the task force
that developed the legislation
establishing the Department of
Transportation (DOT) and then
served one-year appointments as
a special assistant to the first DOT
secretary and then as assistant
administrator for public affairs in
DOT’s Urban Mass Transportation
Administration. He left federal
service in 1969 to become
executive director of the National
Transportation Center, a nonprofit
research organization in Pittsburgh
that managed bus technology projects for transit authorities. In
March 1973 Bond became the Illinois Secretary of Transportation,
the position he held when selected for the FAA position.
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