Business and Corporate Aviation Management, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

Foreword to the First Edition

Transportation is a necessary component of economic growth and improved quality of life. In Biblical times, King Solomon’s power was tied to his system of roads that enabled the peoples of his domain to be effective traders. Nations with the most capable sailing fleets dominated European trade in the centuries before trains and planes. The first U.S. president, George Washington, urged his newly formed Congress to build roads and canals, for to do so would reap rewards. President Lincoln pledged if elected in 1860 to complete the transcontinental railroad to bind the nation and advance commerce. In the mid-twentieth century, President Eisenhower championed legislation that resulted in the interstate highway system, ...