Reminiscences of Elwood R. Quesada, 1968

Biographical Note

Air Force officer, government executive

Scope and Contents

Special assistant to President Eisenhower to implement Curtis Report, 1957; administrator of Federal Aviation Agency, 1958-1960: problems enforcing safety rules, air collisions; conflicts with Airline Pilots Association; Electra aircraft; Federal Aid to Airports Act

Subjects

• Aeronautics, Commercial.
• Aeronautics--Law and legislation.
• Aeronautics--Safety measures.
• Air pilots--Interviews.
• Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
• Government executives--United States--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Luter, John, interviewer.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Quesada, Elwood R. (Elwood Richard), 1904-1993--Interviews.
• United States--Politics and government--1953-1961.
• United States. Federal Aviation Agency.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1976