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001			2017026551
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008			171003s2018 mduaf b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2017026551
020			_a9781421424798 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020			_a1421424797 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020			_z9781421424804 (electronic)
020			_z1421424800 (electronic)
042			_apcc
040			_aPSt/DLC _beng _erda _cPSt _dDLC
050	0	0	_aUG625 _b.S35 2018
082	0	0	_a616.9/80213 _223
100	1		_aSchultz, Timothy Paul, _d1966-
245	1	4	_aThe problem with pilots : _bhow physicians, engineers, and airpower enthusiasts redefined flight / _cTimothy P. Schultz.
264		1	_aBaltimore, Maryland : _bJohns Hopkins University Press, _c[2018]
264		4	_c©2018
300			_axviii, 243 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 185-234) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- The pathology of flight -- Engineering the human machine -- Flying blind -- The changing role of the human component -- Flight without flyers -- The modern pilot, redefined -- New horizons of flight -- Conclusion: the past and future of pilots.
520			_a"Pilots were a major problem in aviation development. They were exposed as feeble, vulnerable, and inefficient as aircraft flew higher, faster, and farther. Pilots asphyxiated or got the bends at high altitudes; they blacked out during high-G maneuvers; they spun into the ground after encountering clouds or fog; and they found innumerable ways to commit fatal errors. This is the story of how physicians and engineers, spurred by airpower enthusiasts seeking to advance the military potential of aviation, sought new means to address these problems and bridge the widening gap between human and machine performance. It provides an original view of how their efforts connected the technological, the medical, and the human element and effected changes that transformed the pilot's role and redefined flight. Schultz explores the major changes in the pilot-aircraft relationship that transpired primarily between World War One and the end of World War Two and applies them to modern flight. Archival resources illuminate the pilot's evolution, and theories of technological change inform the innovations and institutional imperatives that elevated the roles of life scientists and engineers."--Provided by publisher.
650		0	_aFighter pilots _xEffect of technological innovations on _zUnited States.
650		0	_aAviation medicine _zUnited States.
650		0	_aAeronautics, Military _xTechnological innovations _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aAeronautics, Military _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aAirplanes, Military _xTechnological innovations.
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