MR. KIPLING'S HINT TO AVIATORS.I
■_'.. Mr;'. Budya;rd' Kipling makes • some . interesting suggestions,, in,; the /'Car";-, for the protection 'of : aviators ivheni"they fall:-;-./;';-.:/;.'' /,//V.\! ■';;•:•:'/f///; "As.'.far- as;l can make out at. pre-, sent,"'' he. says,, "men go'\ up ..with 'less prp-tectiori, except' a*ainst cold/ than.'the, catcher;pf a .baseball-.'tearii,; and with'less bodyguards, than ..an .'American football player. A 'little protection about the head., and'; shoulders might' make all ■ the difference between li fo; : and • death ;■ at the moment of the ; smash. ; - ■".'■' :.
'"The, head, ;neok, ,and./shoiilder, ibpnes,being could be, given, some'sort of. protection,/if - only for, that, fraction' of -a second which turns; an irretrievable smash into nothing,worse thari'a'horrid jar.- ' ;"I.,suggest'a; ; hehiiet of rubber inflated on .the crown of the head, ...and round the back-and:over the, collar bones—the whole-need not. be; much-heavier -than a wicker-work singlestick mask.- What you want: lis -the protection of ;the neck against: a'.-backward. or forward wrench."
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 925, 19 September 1910, Page 6
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147MR. KIPLING'S HINT TO AVIATORS.l Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 925, 19 September 1910, Page 6
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