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Weekend pilots : technology, masculinity, and private aviation in postwar America / Alan Meyer.

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"After August 1945, millions of U.S. servicemen formed a tidal wave of people returning to civilian life--locating or returning to work, heading to school under the GI Bill, marrying and starting families. With much profit, historians in various fields have examined this effort to recover norma...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Meyer, Alan, 1965- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Private flying > United States > History > 20th century.
Air pilots > United States > Psychology.
Air pilots > Sex differences > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > Influence.
Air pilots > Psychology.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Private flying.
United States.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Who Is "Mr. General Aviation"? The Origins and Demographics of Postwar Private Flying
  • 2. Shouting, Shirttails, and Spins: Flight Instruction and the Acculturation of New Pilots
  • 3. The Family Car of the Air versus the Pilot's Airplane: Technology as Gatekeeper to the Sky
  • 4. The "Right Stuff" Syndrome: Risk, Skill, and Identity within the Community of Pilots
  • 5. Hog Wallow Airports, Hangar Flying, and Hundred-Dollar Hamburgers: Constructing Masculine Pilot Identity on the Ground
  • 6. Gendered Communities: Negotiating a Place for Women in Private Aviation.

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