Author: Alan Meyer
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421418592
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
The inside story of the hypermasculine world of American private aviation. In 1960, 97 percent of private pilots were men. More than half a century later, this figure has barely changed. In Weekend Pilots, Alan Meyer provides an engaging account of the postWorld War II aviation community. Drawing on public records, trade association journals, newspaper accounts, and private papers and interviews, Meyer takes readers inside a white, male circle of the initiated that required exceptionally high skill levels, that celebrated facing and overcoming risk, and that encouraged fierce personal independence. The Second World War proved an important turning point in popularizing private aviation. Military flight schools and postwar GI-Bill flight training swelled the ranks of private pilots with hundreds of thousands of young, mostly middle-class men. Formal flight instruction screened and acculturated aspiring fliers to meet a masculine norm that traced its roots to prewar barnstorming and wartime combat training. After the war, the aviation community's response to aircraft designs played a significant part in the technological development of personal planes. Meyer also considers the community of pilots outside the cockpit—from the time-honored tradition of "hangar flying" at local airports to air shows to national conventions of private fliers—to argue that almost every aspect of private aviation reinforced the message that flying was by, for, and about men. The first scholarly book to examine in detail the role of masculinity in aviation, Weekend Pilots adds new dimensions to our understanding of embedded gender and its long-term effects.
Weekend Pilots
Author: Alan Meyer
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421418592
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
The inside story of the hypermasculine world of American private aviation. In 1960, 97 percent of private pilots were men. More than half a century later, this figure has barely changed. In Weekend Pilots, Alan Meyer provides an engaging account of the postWorld War II aviation community. Drawing on public records, trade association journals, newspaper accounts, and private papers and interviews, Meyer takes readers inside a white, male circle of the initiated that required exceptionally high skill levels, that celebrated facing and overcoming risk, and that encouraged fierce personal independence. The Second World War proved an important turning point in popularizing private aviation. Military flight schools and postwar GI-Bill flight training swelled the ranks of private pilots with hundreds of thousands of young, mostly middle-class men. Formal flight instruction screened and acculturated aspiring fliers to meet a masculine norm that traced its roots to prewar barnstorming and wartime combat training. After the war, the aviation community's response to aircraft designs played a significant part in the technological development of personal planes. Meyer also considers the community of pilots outside the cockpit—from the time-honored tradition of "hangar flying" at local airports to air shows to national conventions of private fliers—to argue that almost every aspect of private aviation reinforced the message that flying was by, for, and about men. The first scholarly book to examine in detail the role of masculinity in aviation, Weekend Pilots adds new dimensions to our understanding of embedded gender and its long-term effects.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421418592
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
The inside story of the hypermasculine world of American private aviation. In 1960, 97 percent of private pilots were men. More than half a century later, this figure has barely changed. In Weekend Pilots, Alan Meyer provides an engaging account of the postWorld War II aviation community. Drawing on public records, trade association journals, newspaper accounts, and private papers and interviews, Meyer takes readers inside a white, male circle of the initiated that required exceptionally high skill levels, that celebrated facing and overcoming risk, and that encouraged fierce personal independence. The Second World War proved an important turning point in popularizing private aviation. Military flight schools and postwar GI-Bill flight training swelled the ranks of private pilots with hundreds of thousands of young, mostly middle-class men. Formal flight instruction screened and acculturated aspiring fliers to meet a masculine norm that traced its roots to prewar barnstorming and wartime combat training. After the war, the aviation community's response to aircraft designs played a significant part in the technological development of personal planes. Meyer also considers the community of pilots outside the cockpit—from the time-honored tradition of "hangar flying" at local airports to air shows to national conventions of private fliers—to argue that almost every aspect of private aviation reinforced the message that flying was by, for, and about men. The first scholarly book to examine in detail the role of masculinity in aviation, Weekend Pilots adds new dimensions to our understanding of embedded gender and its long-term effects.
Pilot Supply and Training
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Aviation
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air pilots
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air pilots
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1838
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1838
Book Description
Fighter Pilot
Author: Helen Doe
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445646129
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
A family-authorised biography of one of the top-scoring aces of the Battle of Britain.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445646129
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
A family-authorised biography of one of the top-scoring aces of the Battle of Britain.
United States Coast Pilot
FAA Intercom
Author: United States. Federal Aviation Administration
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Commercial
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Commercial
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Effective Approaches to Disorientation Familiarization for Aviation Personnel
Author: William Edward Collins
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flight
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flight
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Air Transportation
Author: Dr John G. Wensveen
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 1472436814
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 657
Book Description
Now in its Eighth Edition, Air Transportation: A Management Perspective by John Wensveen is a proven textbook that offers a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of air transportation management.
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 1472436814
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 657
Book Description
Now in its Eighth Edition, Air Transportation: A Management Perspective by John Wensveen is a proven textbook that offers a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of air transportation management.