Description
Book SynopsisBy the end of World War II, the very concept of landing blind therefore had disappeared from the trade literature, a victim of human limitations.
Trade ReviewCompact but quite readable book; it should interest all airline passengers who wonder how pilots land safely in an environment where they can barely see their hands before their faces. Choice 2007 A key piece in the patchwork of the history of aviation. -- Christian Gelzer Journal of Transport History 2007 Conway's intelligent analysis differentiates this volume from many books on the history of aviation... Blind Landings sheds badly needed light. -- Dominick A. Pisano Isis 2008 Another good illustration from aviation history... of the ways in which politics, ideology, culture, and even nature play constitutive roles in the development and use of technologies. -- Chihyung Jeon Technology and Culture 2008
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Instrumental Faith
2. Places to Land Blind
3. Radio Blind Flying
4. The Promise of Microwaves
5. Instrument Landing Goes to War
6. The Intrusion of Newcomers
7. The Politics of Blind Landing
8. Transformations
Conclusion
Notes
Index
