AVIATION FATALITIES NEAR 200

ZZZZZZT QIIM3Y Mjapmg vtc7ty zJ HE evergrowing number of human lives sacrificed to the advance y ment of aviation gives us ample reason for pause and serious thought. The toll so far paid is 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 vadvance human flight even though attendant mishaps may teach useful lessons.

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