the the Hy Fer by g A passenger descending in a parachute after jumping from A spectacular flight unde pilot to lose Factors which Increase or Decrease Aerial Insura A parachute is considered a life preserver in aerial navigation and passengers who trave are considered entitled to lower rates than passengers travelling in aircraft not equipped cial report, the Committee on Aerial Insurance of the Aero Club of America and the A mended lower rates for aircraft having the following features: (1) Aircraft equipped with two or more motors which can fly without serious loss of with two; with two motors when equipped with three or four; with three motors when power plants will enable the aircraft to continue on until a safe landing place is found, breaking down; (2) People travelling in aircraft equipped with parachutes or other forms of aerial life rates; (3) Aeroplanes having a high gliding angle as well as high factor of safety; (4) Aircraft protected from fire through the use of non-inflammable "dope" or other part of the aircraft. (5) Aircraft equipped with protected gasoline tanks. (6) Aircraft equipped with stabilizers or "automatic pilots." (7) Aircraft duly equipped with all the necessary instruments for aerial navigation. require that aircraft conducting international traffic land only at official aerodromes and oh registering altitudes maintained throughout the flight which would indicate any landon the top of a plane about to change to the plane above, which demonstrates the gulations by transferring dutiable goods to another plane while in flight. te balloons, from the Arcadia, California, Army Balloon School, over the Californian kite balloons to watch against aerial smuggling in localities where aircraft could other ods. Face p. 99 Aerial tragedies and accidents and annoyances can be averted in the meantime by the cooperation of the Aero Club of America, the Aerial League of America and the Aero Clubs and organizations affiliated with these organizations, who have as much influence on aviators as is required to prevent reckless flying. How Atlantic City Curbed Reckless Flying The Atlantic City case illustrates this point. The Second Pan-American Aeronautic Convention and the establishing of the Airport made Atlantic City the center of civilian flying in the spring of 1919. Making passenger flights became popular and, naturally, the aviators and their passengers wanted to fly over the famous Boardwalk. At first, this practice was interesting to the City. Aeroplanes were a novelty and to be the aeronautic center of civilian activities was a distinction. But, one warm day, a half dozen planes flew over the city from early morning until late at night, carrying passengers. The noise disturbed people taking naps in the afternoon and flying over the Boardwalk in the night had a weird, frightening effect. Complaints were made to the City and for a month thereafter the number of complaints increased. (b) Risk to the (c) Danger to pa "In effect Tuesda "RULE No. 1: 1 present as territory bounded by a line d point 100 feet oce Boardwalk to a poin Windmill at Baltic A Black and White C can buoy, to the out of the Steel Pier, to lar Pier to a point in the Boardwalk oppo the intersection of Thoroughfare and fi line of the Inland Wa "RULE No. 2: A shall maintain an al dred feet or higher. Any city havin over the city or fl can obtain the sam out plunging in regulations. g the plane in readies went up and soon urtling through space, yone. I cases where, during ped with two or three -s stopped and it bemechanic to go out to once while the writer ored Caproni biplane, appened to the large hile it was flying from tlantic City Airport. e Atlantic of Captain tenant Arthur W. ld be better for this d States. So I sent ark Kerr, who was in Page, inviting him to irport. They started then the gasoline pipe ke and the mechanic to repair it. But it fore, it was decided to how possible it would wrench in such a case. Overboard? You may forbid carrying loose monkeywrenches and other tools and may punish those who let things drop from aircraft-but can you forbid aircraft in distress from throwing cargo overboard? The British Aerial Laws forbid throwing overboard anything excepting sand or water ballast-and when the officials were asked whether it would not be better to let the pilot of a crippled dirigible drop a ton of equipment than to let the huge dirigible, weighing about fifty tons, fall, they said they will deal with such a case after it has happened; which is the way most of the air laws will be made and revised to fit the case. When Messrs. Forbes and Post Dropped 3000 Feet and Went Through the Roof of a House This reminds us of the time, in 1909, when the balloon of Messrs. A. Holland Forbes and Augustus Post exploded when they were 3,000 feet over Berlin and they dropped down and went through the roof of a house and landed in a lady's boudoir. from which the gas escapes pressure is excessive, due to the expansion of the gas when heated by the sun, was tied and the gas could not escape. There was an explosion and the balloon began to drop like a stone. Fortunately, the air filled part of the balloon bag and it acted like a parachute and checked the drop considerably. As they were about to strike the roof of the house they both made a jump for the wooden ring overhead, which held the ropes connecting the basket to the gas bag. Jumping for the "Concentrating Ring" is a trick in ballooning. It enables the people in the basket to escape the shock as the balloon basket strikes the ground. Messrs. Forbes and Post were saved from the great shock of the basket striking the roof of the house, which made a hole in the roof and they were dragged down by the basket. They found themselves in a lady's boudoir, but the lady was not at home. Two days later she wrote to them inviting them to call while she was at home! Difficulty of Enforcing Aerial Laws Reading over the International Aerial Laws and the British Air Regulations, one realizes the difficulties ahead for the authorities in trying to enforce the laws. that pilots and othe nity of acquainting numerous instances o reported. The regulations w the public safety, a taken when they are The public are r Air Ministry in this retary, (C.G.C.A.) lars of alleged off registration number tion. The most common 1. Dropping leaf (For the purpose of Secretary of State f Regulations against craft; but the exemp 2. Taking up and proceeding at place aerodromes. 3. Low flying, (a) the public elsewhere. 4. Neglecting to a machine has cease 5. Obscuring regi tisements or otherwi Difficulty of See The internatio tions provide that |