Author Talk: Private Pilots and the Rise of Civil Aviation

In his talk, private pilot and professor Alan Meyer will chart the dramatic growth of private aviation following World War II, as military flight schools and postwar GI-Bill flight training swelled the ranks of private pilots with hundreds of thousands of young, mostly middle-class men. We’ll hear an engaging account of private aviation, taking us inside a community that required exceptionally high skill levels, celebrated facing and overcoming risk, and encouraged fierce personal independence.

RSVPs encouraged, walk-ins welcome. Please RSVP to Carol Lockman, clockman@hagley.org, or 302-658-2400, ext. 243.