Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-10-09 | Page 4 | Death on the Wings of the Airplane

DEATH ON THE WINGS OF THE AIRPLANE. On the first day of the transccnti-nental transccnti-nental flight of the airmen, fhree of the aviators were killed. Th.s gie?, emphasis to the statement so often repeated re-peated that, notwithstanding tp.e great improvements which the intense ri airy ai-ry of the war produced, flying contin ues to be a most hazardous venture. In the earlier days of a?ria! navigation, naviga-tion, not more than three or four out of some forty airmen escaped death But death will not check the ambl-tioue ambl-tioue aviator. The dangerous nature of i the work will but prove f.icinutlng for. the venturesome and add to the thrills When a seasoned aviator is asked if flying is not a risk too great to be .ak I en except by the most daring, he wili ! answer that (here are deaths every 1 day, due to the automobile, and the j personal equation is the big fa'or muklng for security or insecurity. Nearly all the disasters art In land-' insr. and this should be notice to he' war department that, in selecting their tations. a field particularly adapted to safe descent should not be Ignored Tor tne nearby which has its extra caz-ards.