"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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Wasn't the FAA practice of operating "contract towers" a long standing
policy that spanned many administrations and is continuing to occur
during the present administration?

Incidentally, have you got a link to information about FDR's
establishing ATC as being an inherently governmental function as you
asserted earlier in this thread?


I said it happened during FDR's administration, I didn't say that FDR had
any direct involvement in it.

This is the only online source that I'm aware of:

http://www.faa.gov/about/media/b-chron.pdf

Late 1935 through 1936 would be the period in question. A better source is
"Bonfires to Beacons: Federal Civil Aviation Policy Under the Air Commerce
Act 1926-1938" by Nick A. Komons.