Show NO VEHICLE FOR AN AVIATOR motorcycle which was jogging along at only 64 miles an hour injured rider at present I 1 am in the convalescent ward of nn all american aviation center in italy re covern from a slight accident ulie wherein rein the motorcycle motor cicle the silly beast shied at a dog to and ran oft off the die road while title I 1 was ans jogging quietly along at 04 miles an hour paton U S sp A writes in atlantic 31 magazine agazine these cray cycles seem to poke along after one lias has been riding in it a plane near the ground milking making twice that speed hence the temptation to run wide open on high I 1 had my usual luck moto motorcycle icycle almost a complete wreck but I 1 was gently tossed 20 or 3 30 00 feet from the scene of the accident and thus got out of the lie way ivay whom when found to he be suffering from a sprained left ankle a rather deep gash down to tile the bone on my left shin a dislocated thumb an and a face that 1 Is 13 3 a sight to I 1 never was a beauty until now its quite wonderful wondern at how tho the little expert experiences of life make a new man of you vou and really aviation I 1 am finding lias lia its dangers were it not that the accident occurred in the line of duty I 1 probably be explaining to some stern court martial why aby our camp has one less cycle the commanding officer forbade roe me riding a motorcycle again saying rather delicately that aviators ire are too valuable to waste but somehow or other I 1 have rather a sneaking suspicion that it was merely a tactful way u saying that motorcycles in ill italy fire arc too valuable to waste on this particular aviator |