it’s no accident the first onscreen same-sex kiss was between two WWI fighter pilots in Wings (1927).over the years, flying’s maintained the connotations of same-sex communities, getting away from mainstream society, flamboyance, etc. What you have to understand is that since the invention of flight, pilots have actually been closely associated with ‘alternatives’ to dominant cultural gender roles, which has often landed them (ba dum tish) close to gay culture. your loving and benevolent uncle Jack, armed with multiple degrees in aviation history, is here with some long-awaited pop culture context.
‘are all pilots gay?’ I hear you ask wonderingly in the wake of The Force Awakens.
