04:30 PM to 07:10 PM W
Horizon Hall 1008
Section Information for Fall 2023
The airplane can connect economies and cultures, but people have also used it as a weapon of war. Americans invented the airplane and take pride in the development of key technologies and systems, but other nations have challenged America’s dominance of the air. And while we revere pilots for their skill and courage, those pilots depend on the work of others, and they increasingly face competition from on-board electronics, remotely-piloted aircraft, and perhaps even autonomous aircraft.
This course will explore the history of flight from the invention of the airplane to the present day. It will address military and civilian aviation; technical, social, cultural, and economic aspects of aviation history; and both US and international perspectives. It will explore the ways that some groups have used flight to maintain old power relationships, while others have challenged those structures. Because aviation touches all aspects of life in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the course welcomes students from all majors, so we can learn together.
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Credits: 3
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