The coming air age: Herbert Hoover and the origins of Federal Aviation Policy, 1921-1925 -- Regulating the skies: The Air Commerce Act of 1926 -- "A sound basis" for air transport: Walter F. Brown and commercial aviation, 1927-1932 -- "Chicanery, manipulation, and fraud": Senator Hugo Black's air mail investigation, 1933-1934 -- Enacting a new deal for aviation: Franklin D. Roosevelt and US aviation policy -- Laying foundations: New deal public works and aviation infrastructure -- Conclusion: To the jet age and beyond.
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