미군정기 국내 항공단체의 ‘항공 건설’구상과 식민유산

Abstract

This study focuses on a conception of air-construction through The Korean Aviation, an organ of domestic air-organization. A field of aeronautics has been established during the Japanese colonial era. And its establishment provides a thought-provoking subject to the scholars in a liberated era, which insinuates the continuation and isolation of the colonial legacy. The experienced airmen tried to provide justification by emphasizing the importance of having domestic aeronautics based on their experience in the World War II. Their idea, however, are likely to be more oriented in civil activities such as education rather than in national defense. Only the small part of The Korean Aviation covers about the establishment of air force. An observations through the experience of colonization show consensus in their plans and justifications. Chosen Aviation Corps for National Defense that Japan has established in Korea is a civil group that augmented the education of aeronautics. Chosen Aviation Corps for National Defense considered themselves as a descendant of air force, believing that their activities are directly related to strengthen the national defense. Behind these perceptions, there existed the concept of Air Ministry that does not differentiate civil-aeronautics from military-aeronautics. During the immediate post-colonial era, when there was an absence of air force, a plan about its ‘inherit’ had its limit. The experienced airmen perceived such problem and came up with the plans that follow the Japanese's. This is ironic because they are the ones who have criticized the Japanese's air-policy. Such limitations in plan results from their lack of experience in policy making, management, systematic construction.