The FAA grew out of the Air Commerce Act of 1926 to ensure commercial development of aviation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_government_role_in_c

The FAA grew out of the Air Commerce Act of 1926 to ensure commercial development of aviation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_government_role_in_civil_aviation#Air_Commerce_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_government_role_...