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Show STUDENT AIRMEN OF U. S. FORCES SHATTER RECORDS WASHINGTON", March 6. Student aviators at the various flying inkls are so keenly jealous of the records made hy other fields that new records for the day's work are heinsr established frequently. Officials here believe that the competition is responsible for the splendid morale among the fliers and the progress hciuK made bv them. One of the fields near Fort Worth. Tex., recently reported a lo'.al oi 75,100 miles, or three times around the world, flown 'by the students in one day. American students are not being crowded through their training as fast as students of the other allies, every precaution pre-caution being taken to qualify the man before he takes tile air alone so that accidents ac-cidents will be kept to a minimum. A statement showing the large number of men now in training and the distances flown by them probably will be issued soon to show the public that recent accidents acci-dents represent only a small percentage of the men engaged in this important work. Recruiting for the aviation corps has been stopped temporarily because of the large number of men on the waiting list. |