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This article is the fifth in a series on landmark events in aviation since Flight Safety Foundation was founded in 1945.
American author and aviator Ernest K. Gann wrote of his experiences in what some call the golden age of the airlines — the late 1930s to the 1950s. He chronicled a world where captains were kings and rarely questioned. In Gann’s memoir Fate is the Hunter, he described his role as a copilot: “I was expected to operate the landing gear and flaps on command, keep the log, the flight plan, and my mouth shut.”
But the golden age…
