FRENCH AIR SERVICE.
TOO MANY FATALITIES. THE SUGGESTED CAUSES. OPIONIONS OF EXPERTS.. tr United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) Received 1.5 p.m. LONDON, Sept. 3. The tragedy in which AL Bokanowski and his companions were killed draws from the’ entire press the suggestion that French aviation is yielding an excessive number of fatalities. The universal opinion in Franc© is that there is something seriously wrong in military and civil aviation. Foreign experts say that French airmen put a finger on the immediate cause when they point out that most of the military maeuines are out of date, the commercial machines are suffering from excessive work and insufficient upkeep. It is suggested in both cases that the; pilots dare not protest, though they know that the machines are unsafe, otherwise they will be black-marked. The primary reason in both oases is the. lack of money. The air service is allegedly starved and the commercial companies subsidies are beggarly.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 4 September 1928, Page 9
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161FRENCH AIR SERVICE. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 4 September 1928, Page 9
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