PERILS OF THE AIR
MANY ’PLANES CRASH. FLYING EXPERTS WORRIED. LONDON, September 1. The frequency of aeroplane smashes during recent months has perturbed aviation officials, and an inquiry by a Government committee Tvill probably be held. Since the beginning of the year, S 3 aocidemts have oocurred, involving 58 deaths. The accidents were mostly due to pilots' errors of judgment, but aeronautical experts aver that a majority of the fatalities could have been avoided 1 by the installation of non-stalling devices, many of which are already In use in the Royal Air Force. These cause the machine', instead of stalling, to glide forward, and sink flat. While travelling from Paris to Croydon, & French cargo bi-plane crushed into the sea near Folkestone Only the tail of tho machine was viai ble when "the pilot was picked up, exhausted.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11932, 12 September 1924, Page 9
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137PERILS OF THE AIR New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11932, 12 September 1924, Page 9
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