Civil Aeronautics Board
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The Civil Aeronautics Board was an independent agency of the federal government of the United States, formed in 1940 out of the prior Civil Aeronautics Authority and abolished in 1985, best known for
The Herbert C. Hoover Building, where the CAB was once headquartered
CAB investigators at site of Standard Air Lines Flight 897R accident, 13 July 1949
Charles S. Murphy (Right), Chair of the Board and Bobbie R. Allen, Director of the Bureau of Safety, circa 1966
Part 45 carrier Golden State Airlines C-46 in 1958
The Air Commerce Act of 1926 created an Aeronautic Branch of the United States Department of Commerce. Its functions included testing and licensing of pilots, certification of aircraft and investigati
Civil Aeronautics Board
…abolished in 1985, best known for tight economic regulation of the US airline industry through 1978. The CAB's regulatory powers originated in the 1938 Civil Aeronautics Act, which created the Authority and two other bodies. A 1940 amendment re-arranged 1938 Act duties, with economic regulation going to the CAB and most air…
Logo on side of a test aircraft
Seal and flag of the defunct Civil Aeronautics Board on display in the National Air and Space Museum