AVIATION DEATH TOLL RISES

K raIDja IY R 9 C_ IR ýr. I ý½2 Qt OAZ2OA4 7ýý n k2 HE evergrowing number of human lives sacrificed to the advance ment of aviation gives us ample reason for pause and serious thought. The toll so far paid is M rapidly nearing a total of two hundred since the death of Lieu tenant Selfridge of the United States army in September 1908 Naturally some of these fatal ac cidents were to be expected after flying became a moneymaking spectacle in some directions. The professional aviator felt obliged to make his flights thrilling in the eyes of the spectator and to that end he has done things of a venturesome nature for which he has paid dearly more than once.

We are not concerned with this phase of the art Foolhardiness is no real part of the effort to advance human flight even though attendant mishaps may teach useful lessons. What L of serious concern is the loss of life of those ear aestly devoted to the furtherance of the science Cn 5 and the adaptation of the flying machine to the meeds of the army and the navy in time of war. These olioer students have.