Weekend Pilots: Technology, Masculinity, and Private Aviation in Postwar America

by Alan Meyer

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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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1421418584

ISBN13:9781421418582

Release Date:December 2015

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:328 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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