AEROPLANE'S TERM OF LIFE.

Taihape Daily Times, 29 October 1917, Page 3

AEROPLANE'S TERM OF LIFE.

Writing on aviation at the front, a correspondent of the New York Saturday Evening Post says:—The average life of a machine at the front is only a few days. Those not dropped or shattered by enemy fire wear out with the terrific jarring of the powerful motor. As as they begin to show signs of wear" and approaching breakdown they go back to the shops to be overhauled or entirely rebuilt. For that reason there are usually two or three machines under repairs to every one flying We do well to remember that fact especially—we Americans—when we think of equipping not only our new armies but those of our allies. We must think not in terms of hundreds of machines but thousands and tens of thousands.