do you need to know good science to be a pilot?

Question: do you need to know good science to be a pilot?
- Keywords:
  application of science,
  education,
  pilot
Asked by troller44 to Stuart on 18 Jun 2013.
- Stuart Archer answered on 18 Jun 2013:
  
  I don’t know exactly what you need to be a pilot, but I wouldn’t think you’d need to know in detail how a plane works to fly it, in the same way you don’t need to know how an engine works to drive a car.

Question: do you need to know good science to be a pilot?