PROGRESS OF FLYING.
INTERESTING FIGURES. By Cable—Press Association—Copyrigkt. Received 11, 9.25 p.m. Paris, March 11. The Areo Club states that the dangers of aviation have been exaggerated in the past. There is, the club claims, only one death for every 100,000 kilometres. Twelve thousand passengers were carried in France in 1911, compared with 4800 in the previous year. There were 13,000 flights across country, aggregating 200,000 kilometres, compared with 50,000 in 1910. Aviators were 30,000 hours aloft, compared with 8300 in 1910. ANOTHER FATALITY. Received 11, 11.30 p.m. Paris, March 11. Suzanne Bernard, aged 19, was killed while passing tests for an aviator's certificate at Etampes. He attempted rising. and during a turn the machine tilted and fell 200 feet.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 217, 12 March 1912, Page 5
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120PROGRESS OF FLYING. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 217, 12 March 1912, Page 5
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