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Aviation deregulation

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Aviation Deregulation

Man 's desire to reach the skies found expressions in many ways . Air flight had already taken place long before planes were invented through hot air balloons , which were powered by steam engines . It was only in 1903 that the Wright Brothers , Wilbur and Orville , invented the first airplane that could fly at a sustained power and time

Since that period , manufacturers have continued to look for ways to improve performance and power . Over the years , as planes evolved to become bigger , faster , lighter , and could travel longer

distances , they turned into mediums of transportation that could carry mail , cargo , and human passengers . The first plane to carry a passenger was created by the Wright Brothers in 1918

Aviation 's Golden Age

When war broke out in 1914 , airplanes became useful to military operations . After the war , the machines ' usefulness turned into other areas . Fighter pilots used their skills to gain a means for living , and the planes were used in commerce . They began carrying passengers for air rides or transporting them for a fee . Outside the United States Germany-based Graf Zeppelin successfully launched the first commercial flight across the Atlantic using its airship . But less than a decade later , the use of dirigibles declined , and eventually died , due to accidents that killed passengers

In the United States , several wealthy individuals acquired planes for private and business use . Some use them to make aerial surveying and crop treatment . Others use them to transport

corporate executives . With the development of the Cessna planes in the 1920s , small aircraft became available to the public at comparatively lower prices . As a result , the general aviation

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industry was borne during this time . Self-taught pilots carried passengers from one location to another for a fee , or they carried cargo and performed tasks that required the use of planes

On the national level , the U .S . Congress had finally overcome its earlier reluctance to embrace the development of planes . Giving in to the promptings of the postal agency , it appropriated one hundred thousand dollars in 1918 to set-up an experimental mail service using airplanes . The first airmail route was made between Washington and New York . Planes carrying mails flew about two hundred eighteen miles daily except on Sundays . This experimental route was able to overcome difficulties like unfavorable weather conditions . Because of this , the postal service thought of adding the New York to San Francisco route which is a transcontinental crossing . Many more routes were added and the planes also began flying at night . During this time , passenger transport has already begun but it was sporadic

The Air Mail Act of 1925 was drafted to encourage commercial flying of mails in the country . The Act allowed the U .S . Postal Service to enter into contracts with airline companies for them to provide feeder routes to the general transcontinental route . In 1927 , the transport of mail was fully transferred to commercial airlines

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Commercial airline service had its beginnings in the 1920s...

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