Legislative Acts

 Federal Aviation Act

In 1958, during President Eisenhower's mandate, Senator Mike Monroney, a democrat from Oklahoma, proposed the creation of a federal agency to have a more modern, safer agency to control the fast-growing aviation industry, both civilian and jet.

On August 23, 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal Aviation Act, creating the Federal Aviation Agency (later called Federal Aviation Administration). 

The Federal Aviation Agency was proposed after the government saw the pace at which the National Airspace traffic was increasing and after a mid-air collision occurred over the Grand Canyon in 1956, the creation of an agency was completely required.

In my opinion, this Legislation Act was really important at that time. If an agency that controls the whole National Airspace System was not created probably more accidents would have happened. The creation of the FAA was important at the time, and how the Airspace has worked over time, we can see that this Legislative Act was vital in developing safer skies for all of us.

References

Administration, F. A. (n.d.). A brief history of the FAA. A Brief History of the FAA | Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved September 13, 2022, from https://www.faa.gov/about/history/brief_history

Harris, D. (2022, September 14). ." Major acts of congress. . encyclopedia.com. 25 Aug. 2022. Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved September 13, 2022, from https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/federal-aviation-act-1958#:~:text=The%20Federal%20Aviation%20Act%20of,airspace%20over%20the%20United%20States.

Www.govinfo.gov. (1958). Retrieved September 14, 2022, from https://www.govinfo.gov/link/statute/72/731