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Weekend Pilots: Technology, Masculinity, and Private Aviation in Postwar America
Alan Meyer
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Description for Weekend Pilots: Technology, Masculinity, and Private Aviation in Postwar America
Hardback. 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. Num Pages: 328 pages, 14, 5 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white illustrations, 4 recorded music items. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; KNGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. .
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 post-World 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 ... Read more
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 post-World 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421418582
SKU
V9781421418582
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99-1
About Alan Meyer
Alan Meyer teaches aviation history and the history of technology at Auburn University. He is a longtime private pilot.
Reviews for Weekend Pilots: Technology, Masculinity, and Private Aviation in Postwar America
Alan Meyer's Weekend Pilots serves as a crucial guide to private aviation's intimidating world of insider references, technical jargon, and showmanship for both the uninitiated and aviation aficionado...This book [is] impressively instructive and accessible to nonpilots...[and] an enjoyable and engaging read. H-Net Reviews