Commercial Aviation Comes of Age: The 1950s

In this assignment, you will be introduced to the early efforts of developing and implementing a national Air Traffic Control (ATC) system and identifying the impact on commercial aviation policy and regulation. Today over 5,000 commercial aircraft traverse the skies daily over the United States. This common-day movement is often taken for granted, and only gets headlines when something goes wrong.

During the 1950s, air travel was coming into its own. The federal government was challenged with not only the projection of exponential commercial aviation growth (especially with the inauguration of the jet engine) but how to safely manage the airspace in this growth would occur.

Choose one innovation that the ATC brought about during the 1950s, an discussion answer  for the following  

1. The problem: Describe the specific issue this innovation attempts to solve.
2. Before the innovation: Name what was used instead.
3. During the innovation: Identify when and how this change took place.
4. After the innovation: Define what is used today.