In December 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilber Wright successfully attempted to fly a heavier aircraft. This event has been labeled in history as the “birth of aviation.” The flight occurred in a field that had no asphalt runway and only enough space to take off and land. Furthermore, they had no lights or terminals. More importantly, they did not have a regulatory governing body to oversee operations (Young & Wells, 2011). There are various events in the history of aviation that led to the advent and development of the aviation oversight program in the United States. The two events that I think played a major role are the Air Commerce Act of 1926 and the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. With the increase in the movement of air mail in the 1920s and the dependence of commercial companies on the transportation system aircraft, the government decided to transfer the management of the industry to the commercial sector. The Kelly Act of 1925 set this in motion, transferring responsibility for mail movement to commercial contractors. This move, which made postal routes available to trading companies, was the spark that led to the formation of numerous new transportation companies. This was followed by the introduction of new aircraft models to meet mail moving requirements. The government's actions led President Calvin Coolidge to introduce the Air Commerce Act of 1926. This act was the first sign of an aviation oversight program. It gave regulatory control to the Department of Commerce. Initially, they focused their attention on the one that probably needed the most attention among the numerous security issues. It seemed to have a positive impact... middle of paper... (2005). Retrieved from Grand Canyon Collision: http://www.doney.net/aroundaz/grandcanyon/index.htmFederal Aviation Authority. (2010). Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/about/history/brief_history/FAA Celebrates 75th Anniversary of Air Traffic Control. (2011). Focused News Service.Huebert, J. H. (2010). Who owns the sky? The struggle for control of airspace from the Wright brothers onwards. Austrian Economic Quarterly Journal, 87-95.Landes, W. M. (1977). An economic study of US hijacking, 1960-1976. NBER Working Paper Series, 1. Meyer, J. R., & Strong, J. S. (1992, March). From closed-set deregulation to open-set deregulation: An assessment of the U.S. airline industry. Logistics and Transportation Review, 21.Young, S.B., & Wells, A.T. (2011). Airport planning and management. In S. B. Young and A. T. Wells, Airport planning and management (p. 55). McGraw-Hill Companies.