Topics for the term paper are required to be directly related to aviation or aerospace legislation. You must select a topic from one of the Statutes or Cases listed here. The instructor may approve a topic from the Rhoades text which must be directly related to aviation or aerospace legislation.

The instructor may also approve an alternative topic suitable for your location in a jurisdiction outside the United States but only if it is directly concerned with aviation or aerospace legislation.

Term Paper Requirements

(Due in Module 8) The paper must be written in accordance with APA standards using the current edition. The required length is 4-5 pages excluding the cover page, charts, tables, graphs, diagrams, photographs, the reference page, or the appendix. The format will be double-spaced, 1-inch margins. Review the grading rubric in Module 8.

Grading

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graded only for its completed status (i.e. if it was turned in on time and met the submission standards for topic selection, it earns credit). Upon approval, a green check-mark will appear in the Grades area of the course. 

 

Term Paper TopicsTerm Paper Topics

Topics for the term paper are required to be directly related to aviation or aerospace legislation. You must select a topic from one of the Statutes or Cases listed here. The instructor may approve a topic from the Rhoades text which must be directly related to aviation or aerospace legislation.

The instructor may also approve an alternative topic suitable for your location in a jurisdiction outside the United States but only if it is directly concerned with aviation or aerospace legislation.

Term Paper Requirements

(Due in Module 8) The paper must be written in accordance with APA standards using the current edition. The required

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length is 4-5 pages excluding the cover page, charts, tables, graphs, diagrams, photographs, the reference page, or the appendix. The format will be double-spaced, 1-inch margins. Review the grading rubric in Module 8.

Grading

This assignment is graded only for its completed status (i.e. if it was turned in on time and met the submission standards for topic selection, it earns credit). Upon approval, a green check-mark will appear in the Grades area of the course. 

Term Paper Topics: Topics for the term paper are required to be directly related to aviation legislation. You must have selected a topic from one of the Statutes or Cases listed here or from the Evolution of International Aviation (Rhoades, 2014).

The instructor may approve an alternative topic suitable for your location in a jurisdiction outside the United States but only if it is directly concerned with aviation or aerospace

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legislation.

STATUTES:

1925 - Airmail Act of 1925 (Kelly)

1926 - Air Commerce Act of 1926

1928 - Foreign Airmail Act

1930 - Airmail Act of 1930 (McNary-Watres)

1934 - Airmail Act of 1934 (Black-McKellar)

1938 - Civil Aeronautics Act

1946 - Federal Airport Act of 1946

1958 - Federal Aviation Act of 1958

1962 - Communications Satellite Act of 1962

1966 - Department of Transportation Act

1968 - Aircraft Noise Abatement Act

1969 - National Environmental Policy Act

1970 - Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970

1970 - The Clean Air Act, Amended

1972 - Noise Control act of 1972

1976 - Airport and Airway Development Act Amendments

1977 - Air Cargo Deregulation Act

1978 - Airline Deregulation Act

1979 - Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act

1984 - The Commercial Space Launch Act

1990 - Airport Noise and Capacity Act (ANCA)

1994

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- FAA Authorization Act of 1994

1994 - Independent Safety Board Act of 1994

1998 - The Commercial Space Act

1999 - Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR-21)

2001 - Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act

2001 - Aviation and Transportation Security Act

2002 - Homeland Security Act

2003 - Vision 100-Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act

2004 - The Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act

2007 - Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act

2010 - Airline Safety and Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010

2012 - The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2012

SPACE TREATIES:

The Outer Space Treaty of 1967

The Rescue Treaty of 1968

The Liability Treaty of 1972

The Registration Convention of 1976

The Moon Treaty of 1979

The International Space Station Agreement of 1998

CASES:

Diaz

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V. Pan American World Airways, Inc.

Florida V. Riley

Nouvelles Frontieres

Pan American World Airways Inc. V United States

Summers of California V. Ciralo

Western Airlines V. Port authority

ORGANIZATIONS:

The International Air Transport Association

The International Civil Aviation Organization

 

 

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