Show GYPSY FLYERS S SHORT ORT LIVED Casualties High Among Itinerant Pilots With No Fixed Base Bae NEW MEW YORK JuneBy June By By Th Associated Press The The causes to the airplane accidents of 1922 recommendations for the reduction or of future accidents to a minimum art are found In the re report i ort of I the aeronautical chamber of com I corn corn- com m of ot to the tho secretary o commerce Tho chamber says this tho government go must pro pro aIr 11 lan s s and exercise e e jurisdiction over overall all civil 11 flying it If casualties are to tobe tobe tobe be I l educed The rhe report Indicates that inos o 0 of the 1921 1522 accidents rc due to the itinerant pilot who his hi's no fixed base is unlicensed arid and unregulated by law 10 and therefore has no presumptive I responsibility I O 0 O 1200 1203 civilian 1 all planes in operation In the United States in 1922 19 22 save the thi report between ISO 50 O and were owned established operators this thi's is in ind lis us and organizations organizatIOn t ein n fixed fl bases basea and conservative business policies an equal 4 ero cere distributed among Itinerant who ho ha have haic no particular lular syi SYl ten and depend for a a a living Jiving upon stunting barnstorming tours and exia hazardous assignments U C bIGUT In In 1922 there thero Ire viere acci accidents I den dents among the pilots Di 01 g and oni 12 among the iced fled base operators These acci- acci accidents acci accident dents dent resulted jn in G fatality I among amont the tho g gipsies p les and only seen een e en among the fixed b bise be e operators One hundred persons were injured through accidents with th SO t so II gypS gypsy planes and only seven seen en ier hUi huit t In Ianes operated from fIed bae bases rhe fhe Flie 13 0 established r ta o ha haIn In definite financial re Milt field fields repAir hops chops in a a mn- mn ma of eases cues and A s 5 system tem of In 4 in- in inspection for their craft demon demon- demonstrated lra ed a II degree degro oC of dependability h bi older an 1 officially mediums medium of transportation lion tion They Incurred only 12 AC in 1922 as against 24 acci acci- accidents accidents accidents dents in 1921 And man Than of these could h have ho o been 1 had thele been ben in effect federal fedral lays licens licens- licensing ins ing operators OP In startling contrast I is the rec- rec record record rec record ord or Of the g pes lh they y have hae e con con- con sl f their d 01 equipment with the obsolete sur- sur surplus surplus sur surplus plus from fromi government gO tOl es re- re re remaining flom cal wai al production n and anI a at prices so heap that with Ith often a few fee e hundred d dOllars ink imi 1 and antI Invariably do acquire Is I's chich thy th y alter to a commo olt one ono or Di t two tao 0 pay pay- paying pay paying I Ito I ing nit passe passengers The Tha Th e passengers are led to 10 ride in these machine through Ignorance oT ff safety tic tors te bra lors con controlling trolling flight light sod nd the tho public generally seems to accept all ift as not Inc paus-Inc In inc to reflect that here is th the only of Importance i which the operators ate aio not noC compelled co by bv hw to ma make and operate In a calculated to th thu public I L CI 01 I I lO v Prom From to bOU iou ot of o these raft base hAic wandered from town to to town II Tot for nt at least kASt tao t t Irs ding to the tho most moot com corn complete complete accounts in iii 1921 there hero were ere accidents Imol itinerant fliers flier In 1922 there an nn Increase of I ero In 1 1921 21 the accidents re- re re resulted suited in 49 fatalities and anI 89 per per- perSons per persons sons ons injured inured in 1922 62 fatall- fatall CatallI fatall ti-c ti and persons injured n o of 13 deaths or more I 2 per Ir cent and 11 Injured Or moro more than I 12 2 pr cent Among the the- the gi g pay fliers 37 ae ac aeI I clients were ere dm dim 01 to luck lack of or inspection lion hon of their equipment Govern orn Government ment licensing and othier oilier regula regula- regulations regulations Ions would could hav pre this piloting 46 stunting caused ed 39 accidents also alsop PI p C e by federal 11 ii were acre ere caused caud by carelessness 0 on 17 were from front s U i to lick of landing fields ono Oman to lack of data finn to lack Lc of or route data in 10 which the became lost and isele el e driven off oa their course In In other words 30 SO per percent cent of th thin among itinerants itinerant end had thi th the vast st ast majority of ole ole- olec ac c 1 11 were core ere caused by and 29 q per cent to fault inspection I of aircraft this seems to afford su e that federal reg- reg providing primarily reg 1 for forth tom tom-I tho th licensing of pilots as to 1 comp tecc the prohibition of dangerous timing an and for the certification ot of equIpment as to Vol s wilt ito ol to correct abuses 11 In la aila- avia tion and make thing flIng fly fl Ing 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