Federal Aviation Agency

Commercial airline pilots were authorized by what was then called the Federal Aviation Agency to carry guns to prevent any new hijackings.

unknown title 2009

(Federal Radio Commission, 1927; Federal Communications Commission, 1934; Air Commerce Act of 1926; Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938; Federal Aviation Agency, 1958; becoming part of the Department of Transportation in 1966; Federal Highway Act of 1916 (federal funds made available to States for highway construction); Interstate Highway System, 1944 (funding began 1956); Interstate Commerce Commission given authority by Congress to regulate trucking and carriers on inland waterways, 1935-40; Department of Transportation, 1966.)

Belmont Club » Double Down 2010

Following the crash, the Federal Aviation Agency— later renamed the Federal Aviation Administration— instituted rules to prevent such a tragedy.

1960 plane collision over NYC prompted improvements 2010

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FAA--Forget About Administration 2009

Aline weighed in on the final selection of dark stone for CBS's headquarters in New York and smoothed the firm's way with Najeeb Halaby, head of the Federal Aviation Agency, on the completion of Dulles International Airport.

The Purpose-Driven Wife 2009

It is a U.S. commercial and military base under the jurisdiction of the Federal Aviation Agency.

Wake Island The World Factbook 2008

But a passenger bill of rights will not come from the Federal Aviation Agency.

CNN Transcript Feb 23, 2007 2007

The discovery of the aircraft, in a database compiled from Federal Aviation Agency records, appears to corroborate part of the story Mr. Arar has told many times since his release in 2003.

THE NEWS BLOG 2005

The main part of the investigation will resume with the first light of dawn, which is probably within the hour, where federal officials from the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Agency will make a very difficult trek into the woods to the crash site -- a crash that turned a victory celebration into a wrenching tragedy.

CNN Transcript Oct 25, 2004 2004

Percey Clay, honors engineering major, certified airframe and power plant mechanic, and holder of every license the Federal Aviation Agency could bestow on pilots, had no time for superstition.

A Lincoln Rhyme eBook Boxed Set Jeffery Deaver 2001