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An illuminating look at how human vulnerability led to advances in aviation technology. As aircraft flew higher, faster, and farther in the early days of flight, pilots were exposed as vulnerable, inefficient, and dangerous. They asphyxiated or got the bends at high altitudes; they fainted during high-G maneuvers; they spiraled to the ground after encountering clouds or fog. Their capacity to commit fatal errors seemed boundless. The Problem with Pilots tells the story of how, in the years between the world wars, physicians and engineers sought new ways to address these difficulties and bridge the widening gap between human and machine performance. A former Air Force pilot, Timothy P. Schultz delves into archival sources to understand the evolution of the pilotaircraft relationship. As aviation technology evolved and enthusiasts looked for ways to advance its military uses, pilots ceded hands-on control to sophisticated instrument-based control. By the early 1940s, pilots were sometimes evicted from aircraft in order to expand the potential of airpowera phenomenon much more common in today's era of high-tech (and often unmanned) aircraft. Connecting historical developments to moder

Author

Timothy Paul Schultz

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781421424798

Subjects

Transportation, History, Medical

Rating

5 / 5 (3 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14