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1、 A reading report about space history These days,I read a material that briefly introduce some details about the history of the FAA.After reading it for three times,I learn a lot.So I am going to share it with you at this time. It can be divided into the following parts:A Brief History of the FAA，Or
2、igins of the FAA，Birth of Federal Aviation Agency,From Agency to Administration，Labor Organizes，Evolving Duties，Air Traffic Control Automation，Deregulation，Labor Unrest，Technological Innovation，Organizational Restructuring，Creation of FAA s Air Traffic Organization (ATO)，The Next Generation Air Tran
3、sportation System (Next Gen)，Enhancing Capacity，Safety First, Last, and Always and Conclusion. What about the brief introduction? The modern age of powered flight began in 1903, when Orville Wright made the first sustained, powered flight on December 17 in a plane he and his brother Wilbur built. Th
4、is twelve-second flight led to the development of the first practical airplane in 1905, and launched worldwide efforts to build better flying machines. By the mid-1930s, the four major domestic airlines that dominated commercial travel for most of the twentieth century began operations: United, Amer
5、ican, Eastern, and Transcontinental and Western Air (TWA). How FAA comes into our life?At their urging, the Air Commerce Act was passed in 1926.In 1934 the Department of Commerce renamed the Aeronautics Branch the Bureau of Air Commerce to reflect the growing importance of aviation to the nation. In
6、 1936 the Bureau took over these centers. Four years later, a DC-2 crash killed U.S. Senator Bronson Cutting of New Mexico.To ensure a federal focus on aviation safety, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Civil Aeronautics Act in 1938. In 1940 President Roosevelt split the CAA into two agencies,
7、 the Civil Aeronautics Administration, which went back to the Department of Commerce, and the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB). On the eve of Americas entry into World War II, for defense purposes, CAA extended its air traffic control system to include operation of airport towers.The British Overseas A
8、ircraft Corporation introduced the first commercial jet service in 1952. By the mid-1950s, U.S. companies began designing and building their own jet airliners.On June 30, 1956, a Trans World Airlines Super Constellation and a United Air Lines DC-7 collided over the Grand Canyon, Arizona, killing all
9、 128 occupants of the two airplanes. Lets come to the birth of Federal Aviation Agency.On May 21, 1958, Senator A. S. Mike Monroney (D-OK) introduced a bill to create an independent Federal Aviation Agency to provide for the safe and efficient use of national airspace.On August 23, 1958, the Preside
10、nt signed the Federal Aviation Act, which transferred the Civil Aeronautics Authoritys functions to a new independent Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) responsible for civil aviation safety. On November 1, 1958, retired Air Force General Elwood Pete Quesada became the first FAA Administrator.On December
11、 31, FAA began operations.On November 22, 1963, FAAs Washington headquarters staff began moving into the newly completed Federal Office Building 10A, at 800 Independence Avenue, SW. Excitement about the new building quickly evaporated on move day as employees heard the news that President Kennedy ha
12、d been assassinated in Texas. Here is some information about the FAAs development from agency to administration.In 1966, Congress authorized the creation of a cabinet department that would combine major Federal transportation responsibilities. This new Department of Transportation (DOT) began full o
13、perations on April l, 1967. On that day, the Federal Aviation Agency became one of several modal organizations within DOT and received a new name, the Federal Aviation Administration. The evolving duties are also important. In 1961,the federal government began employing armed guards, border patrolme
14、n recruited from the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, on civilian planes. In September, President Kennedy signed an amendment to the Federal Aviation Act of 1958.In March 1962 Attorney General Robert Kennedy swore in FAAs first peace officers, as special U.S. deputy marshals. FAA respons
15、ibilities increased even more in the late 1960s. In 1968, Congress vested in FAAs Administrator the power to prescribe aircraft noise standards. The Air Traffic Control Automation is a key to its success.FAA began modernizing the NAS in the mid-1960s. Opened in April 1970, the new facility collected
16、, correlated system wide air traffic and weather data, detected potential trouble spots, and suggested solutions. On July 29, FAA established the Air Traffic Control Systems Command Center to integrate the functions of the Central Flow Control Facility, Airport Reservation Office, the Air Traffic Service Contingency Command Post, and Central Altitude Reservation Facility. The Deregulation is an vital trend.The Airline Deregulation Act,
