Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-02-24
Number of Deaths Not 8 8. :
sidered Large in View O.
Great Many Cadet AviatOrS
in Training,
AMONG BRITISH FLIERS
FATALITIES ARE HIGHER
Canadians Are Instructed in
Hazardous ManeuverSi All
Birds Leave Vicinity of Fly
ing Courses,


Dallas ,TeNn Feb. 2j.--The Ameri-
can youth has a natural aptitude for
Clying. 1t was revealed and is being
developed in seven aviation training
stations in Texas and, during the win
ter, flyers have been turned ont from
them with a proficiency and in num-
bers that have fully satisfied the Am
erican officers and have proved al
most startling to instructors from the
allied armies who are here to give
the Americans the advantage of their
experience aud knowledge.
There are six American aud one
British aviation stations in the state.
The American camps are at Fort
Worth, San Antonio, Houston. Waco.
Dallas and Wichita Falls. At Fort
Worth, the Royal Flying Corps, a
camp of young Canadians trained by
British officers, are in daily eompet-
iton with the Americans IN IN adj
Joining. camp. A goodly number of
young Americans also are enlisted
with the Canadians and are receiving
their training under the direction of
British officers.
Air Forces Numerous.
A regard for military secrecy pro-
hibits relating the total number of
students who have taken to the air.
here this winter. 1t reaches a fig
ure that gives great comfort to the
military men who know, and COM
pared with the total advancement
made by the men, the number of ac-
cidents reported has been surprising
ly small, it is stated.
The death of Vernon Castle while
at the British camp at Fort worth.
on February Is, brought the total
number of men killed in airplane ac-
cidents in all seven camps up to fifty
seven.
The British flyers at Fort Worth
have lost far more than any of the
American camps. The high fatality
record among the British II is SAID
is the direct result of the more siren
uous system of practice and drill
which they use. Forty-three deaths
have occurred at the two camps at
Fort Worth, while Houston, next in
the list has had seven.
Fort Worth Busy Field.
"They kill more at Fort Worth
because they fly more" is the way
young aviation officer explained the
great difference in the mortality lists.
The British theory is that the men
should receive early instructions in
all the difficult work they will have
to do in actual service, while the Am
erican trainers spend larger part
Of their time in drilling the funda-
mentals of flying. The young Can
adams go into the air early for
flights that are forbidden in the
camps under United States control
They are taught the spirals, the dives
and the loops that are part of actu-
al war flying and so ii is that il their
mortality list seems out of proportion
to those in the other camps, the Brit
ish officers are not displeased with
the accomplishments of the men TN
der them.
The San Antonio station has had
three fatalities, Dallas and Waco,
each one and Wichita Falls two. Waco
,, and Wichita Falls had perfect records
until the week ending February Sec
ond when at Waco pilot was killed
in a collision with another machine
in midair, and a cadet at Wichita
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