TOLL OF THE AIR
DEATH ROLL GROWS BUT MICi-HT HAVE BEEN WORSE CONDON, Nov. 2:;. Remarkable figures concerning fatalities in the Royal Air Force were given by the Secretary for Air, Sir Samuel Monro, ropling to a question in the House of Commons to-day. There were 4t> fatal accidents in 102 ii, as against 36 in 1925; and this year there had been 80 deaths, as against ."iO last year, he said. Aircraft written off as the result of crashes numbered 230 this year, as against 212 in 1925. The amount of flying in 1920 was materially in excess of that in 1925, but the "methods of training, the endeavors made to evolve more controllable craft, more safety devices and parachutes, had already saved many lives.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16209, 6 December 1926, Page 13
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126TOLL OF THE AIR Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16209, 6 December 1926, Page 13
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