The approaching era of jet travel, and a series of midair collisions (most notable was the 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision), prompted passage of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. This legislation gave the CAA's functions to a new independent body, the Federal Aviation Agency. The act transferred air safety regulation from the CAB to the new FAA, and also gave the FAA sole responsibility for a common civil-military system of air navigation and air traffic control.
The remains of Jacob Wetterling were found in a rural area of Stearns County -- a farm field 20 miles from where Jacob was abducted and just a mile and half from where Danny Heinrich lived in 1989. The remains of Jacob Wetterling were found in a rural area of Stearns County -- a farm field 20 miles from where Jacob was abducted and just a mile and half from where Danny Heinrich lived in 1989.
Autopsy reveals Olympic bobsledding star who beat a disease that nearly robbed him of his eyesight had fluid in his lungs when he died aged 37. Steven Holcomb, 37, was found dead in Lake Placid, New York on Saturday. While the cause of his death is unclear, new autopsy results reveal the star may have died from a pulmonary congestion. From Utah, he was a three-time Olympian and still one of the world's elite drivers.