Jeremy Black
In a highly original and dynamic contribution, Schultz reveals the complex interplay between biology, technology, scientific research, and military necessity that transformed the airman–aircraft relationship and redefined flight.
P. W. Singer
Pilots and their magnificent flying machines are the stuff of legend. In this fascinating book, Timothy Schultz brings his combined background as an aviator and historian to explore the actual history of pilots, our concepts of them, how they are trained, and what they do. It is a story of not just the technology, but the humans wrestling with amazing change.
From the Publisher
In a highly original and dynamic contribution, Schultz reveals the complex interplay between biology, technology, scientific research, and military necessity that transformed the airman–aircraft relationship and redefined flight.—Jeremy Black, University of Exeter, author of Air Power: A Global History
Pilots and their magnificent flying machines are the stuff of legend. In this fascinating book, Timothy Schultz brings his combined background as an aviator and historian to explore the actual history of pilots, our concepts of them, how they are trained, and what they do. It is a story of not just the technology, but the humans wrestling with amazing change.—P. W. Singer, New America, author of Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century
An original and lucid contribution to our understanding of the evolution of that crucial and unruly core of aviation technology: the pilot. Schultz's account is an indispensable link between human, remote, and autonomous aviation in the past, present, and future.—David Mindell, Massachussetts Institute of Technology, author of Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight
David Mindell
An original and lucid contribution to our understanding of the evolution of that crucial and unruly core of aviation technology: the pilot. Schultz's account is an indispensable link between human, remote, and autonomous aviation in the past, present, and future.