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Show 1 Pa H TltAININC AVIATOItS H Trench officers who have Inspected tho begin-B begin-B i v nlngs of our aviation work express themselves ns H ,. much pleased with our thorough system of inspection H nnd repairs. It has been the experience of tho French H aviation schools that several beginners are killed each H I ' week In practice flying. Our beginuers now are hnv- y ing very few accidents. H VV 'rll secret safety Is a very high grade of me- 1 V chanleal work. All depends on. tho engine. As long H m s that works, tho aviator with any decent control Is H W safe. When the engine gives way, ho Is gone. Con- H ' y trolling a plane Is of course more difficult than run- H ' nlng an automobile, ns the aviator must learn to 1 I deal with air currents. H A But a pupil after 15 hours with nu Instructor ts I commonly allowed to go up alone, After five hours H solo flights, ho thon may get his certificate ndmlt- H U ting him to the aerial roserve. This Js not much H r' ' longer than It takes many pcoplo to learn to run an H It H H Tho main thing Is to mnko an aviator a good H Vi mechaJiiclan. Ho must bo taught to tako down nnd H xkQ renssomblo his engine. Ho should not havo to spond v ills own tlmo and energy doing ropair work. But ho Hjf m will havo to do somo hasty emergency work upon V I forcod landings away from his hangers. Also he m f noods to know whether tho ropair men aro doing tho B 1 job right or not. Ho must bo nble to asstiro hlmsolf H I from porsonal Inspection that tho innchlno Is right H m boforo ho nttompts a. flight. H K Also tho report comos from Franco that too B A Jlttlo caro Is taken over thero In toachlng men to land H Ta skillfully. A innn may get n fatal fall from landing B ) in n trco 25 foot high, ns woll ns from n drop of H' 10,000 foot. If lie learns how to judgo landing B places from abovo, nnd how to put Ills machine right B whoroo wants It. ho will avoid many perils. |