The Problem with Pilots (Hardcover)

Idioma: inglés

Editorial: Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 2018

1421424797 / 9781421424798

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Hardcover. 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 modern flight, this study provides an original view of how scientists and engineers brought together technological, medical, and human elements to transform the pilot's role. The Problem with Pilots does away with the illusion of pilot supremacy and yields new insights into our ever-changing relationship with intelligent machines. The Problem with Pilots does away with the illusion of pilot supremacy and yields new insights into our ever-changing relationship with intelligent machines. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Título
The Problem with Pilots (Hardcover)
Autor
Timothy P. Schultz
Editorial
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD
Año de publicación
2018
Estado
new
Encuadernación
Hardcover
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 10
1421424797
ISBN 13
9781421424798

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