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[[Image:Seal of the United States Federal Aviation Administration.svg|thumb|right|The modern logo of the [[Federal Aviation Administration]].]] | [[Image:Seal of the United States Federal Aviation Administration.svg|thumb|right|The modern logo of the [[Federal Aviation Administration]].]] | ||
The '''Federal Aviation Act of 1958''' was an act of the [[United States Congress]], signed by President | The '''Federal Aviation Act of 1958''' was an act of the [[United States Congress]], signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, that created the Federal Aviation Agency (later the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] or the FAA) and abolished its predecessor, the [[Civil Aeronautics Administration (United States)|Civil Aeronautics Administration]] (CAA).<ref>Federal Aviation Act, P.L. 85-726, 72 Stat. 731. Approved 1958-08-23.</ref><ref name="Answers" /> The act empowered the FAA to oversee and regulate [[Air safety|safety]] in the [[airline industry]] and the use of American [[airspace]] by both [[military aircraft]] and [[civil aviation|civilian aircraft]]. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
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A boom in the 1950s of aircraft technology and the airline industry crowded American airspace, and the regulation of air traffic was considered antiquated.{{By whom|date=March 2011}} | A boom in the 1950s of aircraft technology and the airline industry crowded American airspace, and the regulation of air traffic was considered antiquated.{{By whom|date=March 2011}} | ||
In 1956, President | In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed [[Edward Peck Curtis]] as Special Assistant for Aviation. Later that year, Curtis was named by Eisenhower to head a commission to study the dramatic increase in airline traffic and to propose ways to deal with airplane traffic jams at airports.<ref name="NYT Curtis">{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/15/obituaries/edward-p-curtis-eisenhower-aviation-aide.html | work=The New York Times | title=Edward P. Curtis, Eisenhower Aviation Aide | date=March 15, 1987}}</ref> | ||
From that commission came a proposal to create a new Federal aviation agency that would replace the Civil Aeronautics Administration and the Civil Aeronautics Board to consolidate air operations, modernize the airways and to make and enforce safety rules.<ref name="NYT Curtis"/> | From that commission came a proposal to create a new Federal aviation agency that would replace the Civil Aeronautics Administration and the Civil Aeronautics Board to consolidate air operations, modernize the airways and to make and enforce safety rules.<ref name="NYT Curtis"/> | ||