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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.

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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

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Who Is "Mr. General Aviation"? The Origins and Demographics of Postwar Private Flying
2. Shouting, Shirttails, and Spins
3. The Family Car of the Air versus the Pilot's Airplane
4. The "Right Stuff" Syndrome
5. Hog Wallow Airports, Hangar Flying, and Hundred-Dollar Hamburgers
6. Gendered Communities
Conclusion
Notes
Essay on Sources
Index

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 24/02/2016
      ISBN13: 9781421418582, 978-1421418582
      ISBN10: 1421418584
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      History of science

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      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

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments
      List of Abbreviations
      Introduction
      1. Who Is "Mr. General Aviation"? The Origins and Demographics of Postwar Private Flying
      2. Shouting, Shirttails, and Spins
      3. The Family Car of the Air versus the Pilot's Airplane
      4. The "Right Stuff" Syndrome
      5. Hog Wallow Airports, Hangar Flying, and Hundred-Dollar Hamburgers
      6. Gendered Communities
      Conclusion
      Notes
      Essay on Sources
      Index

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