Frank A Burnham

CLEARED TO LAND is the true story of the men and women of the Federal Aviation Administration (and its predecessors, the Civil Aeronautics Administration and the Bureau of Air Commerce) who for the past 50 years have dedicated themselves to making flying safe.
Although billed as "The FAA Story," Mr. Burnham's effort is
primarily a highly simplified, selective-and, one is tempted to say,
self-censored-account of what the FAA does in the field of air
traffic control. There are chapters on the FAA's efforts to combat
skyjacking and on its maintenance inspection service, but most of
the book is devoted to interviews with traffic controllers and
descriptions of their work, as well as to the companion efforts of
the FAA's shrinking flight service system. Mr. Burnham is a pilot,
and his book is directed primarily to other pilots like himself who
are curious about those "feds" who police the airways as well as
direct the traffic.… (altro)