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Debt In Aviation

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Summary As debt grew over aviation, Congress came to realize that aviation could not be sustained by the Post Office. There was a large market to be opened with privatized aviation, however, aircraft were often unreliable and people did not trust them enough. On the side of mail delivery, the Post office was losing large sums of money to keep the airmail service running.
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The growing debt of the Post Office and the unreliability of aircraft would soon be the downfall of Commercial Aviation if advancements were not soon stumbled upon. In 1925 the railroad was concerned with the issues of Air Mail and even through the Kelly Act would grant the contracts to promote Commercial Aviation and grow the Air Mail service, the aircraft from World War One that were being used were still unreliable …show more content…

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