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Show PRESS PARAGRAPHS Can aviation ba made safer? Troy Times: Tp to date the number of Uvea lOHt tn aviation experimenta since 1XIS la lUUr-three.. and of thi number four were Am"rluana and nineteen were Frenchmen. This would seem to shew either greater recklessness or greater determination de-termination on the part of the sons of Frsn-e aa compared with those of other nation." New Tork Tribune: "There la a sufficient suffi-cient promise of practical utility In aeroplanes aero-planes and also In dirigible balloon to warrant the continuance of eclentinc e-pertmentatlon. e-pertmentatlon. But In the present stage of their development It Is foolhardy, u not worae. for mere amateurs to us them for sport, and It seem grossly Improper lo encourage In any way Indulgence In competftlone which Involve not ao much scientific trial aa mere rivalry ia raaa-n." raaa-n." ftoeheeter Democrat and Chronicle: "Man. In attempting to navigate the air hv modern methods, eeaaya tn overcome a fixed law of nature called the attraction of gravitation. The result haa been attains at-tains so frequently aa to lead to the belief be-lief that aerial navigation will yet become be-come an exact science. Thai the time haa not yet arrived waa again demonstrated demon-strated y Sunday'a fatalities am) will be repeatedly proved during the preeent summer sum-mer Stability In the art welta on the development of aa efficient and reliable aerial motor." Baltimore American: "Air transportation transporta-tion can never come Into commercial use aa long aa the art of flying la presented pre-sented aa a reckless form of enterprise by those who make a rambler's stake of the event. Prise, are all right and prise event ara all right, but unneceeearlly hasardou eonteeta should be discontinued. discontin-ued. It la time that International opinion were fait for the reduction of accident In th air." - tntca Press: 'Progreas In the science of navigating the air is levying heavy toll upon Ita devotees. There are thoee who aay that la a few year aeroplane will be very common and In quit general us. Th cost I rot prohlbltlv and to some th haaard ia attractive. A great deal muat be done for safety before they will become generally popular." Philadelphia Ledger: '"The threefold traaedy at Vlnosnnea will not deter the aky pilots, who have already "supp d full of horrors.' Nothing can stop them new. They will go from victory to victory, mourning their brothers who fell by an wavsld. but not th s determined to neraavare." Baltimore Bun: "Aviation will soon be subletted to legal regulation to curb rerkleeanesa and lessen accldente. In the meantime It la Impoealhle to withhold admiration from the men who do and dare In thla new 8 eld The martyr of aviation win ba remembered among th he roe of rear.' Cleveland Plain realrr "All that can ba said In crltlclm of th worlds avla-, tor I that Ihey well know th risks they are taking, and are therefore careleee of their own llvee. Moet men. however, who bave struggled In any way for prog-ree prog-ree have risked their live. Th world would hav wood atill bad not mn In all aJB been eea te see u ma th rtkv |