The Air Commerce Act Creates a Federal Airways System
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Business and Commerce Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Economics, Aviation, Space Exploration
- Subcategories: Business, Trade, Commerce, Laws, Acts, Legislation, Aircraft, Airplanes, Transportation
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950
- Geographical Location: Washington, D.C.
- Date: 1926
Article abstract: Through the Air Commerce Act of 1926, the federal government moved to develop air commerce, giving a mandate to operate and maintain the airways systems and related aids to air navigation.
Summary of Event
The U.S. Post Office Department, through its development of an airmail distribution system, was directly responsible for the development of commercial air transportation and, subsequently, the airline industry. Many credit the Post Office as the progenitor of the United States commercial air transportation system. Benjamin Franklin,...
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