DANGERS EXAGGERATED
SURVIVOKS OF THE FIE ST HUN--11HK1) PILOTS. The dangers of aviation are exaggerated in the public mind, says the Butittin pf the Department. _ of Overseas Trade,* owing to the piominriico. given to aecidontsy, Recently .'a dhrtier was given in London to the survivors of . the first 100 British pilots. Notwithstanding, tho facts that- these men began, their ''Tibs at. tiin times when aeroplane construction, was stir? largely experimental, and that many of thorn were engaged in the war, 75 out of the 100 were found to-be alive.' .'Aeroplane competitions arranged.by tin Air Ministry were held in England recently. The machines entered, ranged' from a big.Handle} 1 ..Page, capable, of carrying fifteen passenger* at the rate of 115 miles per 'hour, to small aeroplanes, remarkable for their' low landing speed. One two-sea lor machine could reduce speed to 35 miles an, hour before landing, thus diminishing enormously the 'chance of accident. ■ . ' •
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 48, 20 November 1920, Page 8
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152DANGERS EXAGGERATED Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 48, 20 November 1920, Page 8
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