Show AVIATION SP L iuie V I 1 TO BE investigated SENATE MILITARY COMMITTEE ORDERS FAVORABLE REPORT ON INQUIRY resolution senator alleges that six of fifteen officers killed in last eight year years were required to use defective machines Wap hington phe senate military committee voted en an bondly to becom mend an investigation of the army aviation service by congress the de clelon cislon waa was reached after senator rob inson who had introduced a resolution tor for such an investigation submitted further evidence lo 10 support his charges of general inefficiency the resolution which will be favor ably reported would appropriate 10 for the inquiry and create an in vesti gating committee consisting of members of the house and two of the senate senator robinson produced before the committee last week photographic copies of letters alleged to have passed between I 1 lieutenant colonel samuel reber head of the aviation ervice service and captain arthur S cowan in char chars charo o of the san diego sta eta tion which the senator said revealed that the berice was contemptibly lr in efficient in lils his supple supplementary mentar mate ment monday ha declared that of about twenty tour four officers who had qualified as filers fliers fifteen had been killed several losing their lives because they were required to attempt flights in antiquated biplanes known to be defective ot of the so c tilled oled fliers few have ever done military work he said and onix one or two ever have ma neutered neu vered in nith bombs at cached senator robinson said in eight years fifteen aviation officers had been killed eight of them in flight from north island station near san diego cal |