Abstract
Aeroplane sport had a strong upper-class presence between the wars but upper-class attitudes to aviation sport differed from those found in other sports. Upper-class aviation enthusiasts advocated state financing of aeroplane sport and so in their attempts to promote national ‘airmindedness’ they were not overly concerned to keep flying socially exclusive. Attempts to encourage the whole nation to take an interest in aviation can be seen as democratic, but as air sport was usually linked with support for imperialism, it can also be regarded as an ideological prop for the existing social and political order.
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