Aerial Board of Control

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Rescue by dirigible liner Asteroid, under supervision of A.B.C. Mark Boat (from With the Night Mail)
Rescue by dirigible liner Asteroid, under supervision of A.B.C. Mark Boat (from With the Night Mail)

The Aerial Board of Control is a fictional supranational organization created to manage air traffic for the whole world. It was described in the science fiction novels With The Night Mail (1905) and As Easy as ABC (1912) by Rudyard Kipling. The organisation was able to limit the influence of national states and create a de-facto world government.

Kipling wrote only these two science fiction stories; both are set in his Aerial Board of Control universe and in the 21st century.

The concept that control of air traffic would lead to world government reappears in H.G. Wells' 1936 film Things to Come.

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