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L. Welch Pogue
At the Chicago Conference in 1944, the Allies drew up plans for postwar civil aviation. They established the "Five Freedoms of the Air," permitting reciprocal flyover and landing rights to international airlines, and created the International Civil Aviation Organization as part of the United Nations to regulate safety and set standards for international air travel.
L. Welch Pogue, chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board, played an instrumental role in drafting these agreements. He also helped shape the Bermuda Agreement of 1946, which detailed routes, rates, and air rights between the United States and Great Britain. After retiring from his law practice, Pogue served as a docent at the Museum until his death in 2003 at the age of 103. |