Evening journal., 1918-04-10
By The United Press.

MINEOLA. L. l.. Aprl io.-They stood
in a compact, little group on the wide
sweep OF level ground that marked the
training ground OF an aviation neld.
Three were United States army officers,
they wore on their left breasts the
silver wings that showed they were
expert bird-men, who had learned TO
emulate the swallows flight 70 ma
chimes Of mans invention.
The group was watching the tiny
dragon-ly that was skimming FAR
above. Admiration showed on each
countenance az the fragile thins climb
I'd 20 a dizzy height dipped and dived
toward earth with llghtning-like speed,
and then Strengthened out.
Now the dronlne OF the motor has
stopped as the pilot has shut on the
engine and begins 10 volplane from a
great height. Faster and faster dashes
the frail thing toward the earth at
terrifying speed lie must siralghten
out soon or meet disaster Breathlessly
/ the little group watches, listens for the
/ hum Of the motor that Will tell that
/ The headlong flight has ended and the
pilot has straightenod out 20 safety.
but the machine continues on It's peril
Gus course.
Too late. He's too near the ground
now ia stralghton out. They can see
the driver working duly TO make a
safe landing. Some stand brgaihless,
awe-stricken. Others turn from the
sickenlng sight
Crash
With a sound OF spllntering wood The
hi-plane hits the ground with terrific
impact and smoke begins curling up
from the mass Of spllntered wreckage.
Spurred 10 the necessity OF Immediate
action the men race 20 the scene. a
bare 200 yards away. and begin 20 work
frantlcally 30 release the poor lad
buried beneath that tangled mass OF
wood, canvas and wire.
There he IS" cries one OF me Of
ficers.
Lying amid the wreckage. MS face
and head gashed by spllnters OF wood
the pilot lies with eyes closed. face
white and drown. Tenderly they lit
him out and place him In the ambui-
ance.
Hell live II nothing inside n In
iured," said the officer who wore the
Insignia OF the Medical Corps
High altitude probably caused re
duced pressure and made him lose con
, troll" unused one Of the officers.
"That must have been it." affirmed
another for the motor was o. X. wher
he volplaned time before last. and his
Lcontrols seem to all right. Guess hl
couldn't stand the pressure. It's funn!
what high attitudes do 70 some peo
pie"
!. In many lands, on many ields. th'
/ same accidents were chronlclcd for IN.
first three years Of the European war
Always either mechanical defects Oh
! reduced pressure from high altitude
was blamed
, Finally It occurred 20 members OF IN
4, Army Medical Corps attached 20 ayi
alton sections that perhaps there wa
some other cause that made APPARENT,
sound men lose control OF their air
!, planes. Tests were made.
Aviators were being manned and XII
ed through loss OF control because q
D.. the diminished percentage OF oxygen @
y higher attitudes. They remembered th
Z dinleulty In breathing related by mour
] tain climbers. aeronauts and other
y who reached the rarer atmosphere
Z unusual heights.
h With the entry OF the United state
n into the struggle, Army Medical oflceI
az once took up the problem. Test
were conducted at various flying leld
= lt was found individual flyers bega
u 90 suffer from lsck Of oxygen at vary
Ing heights. but that the same ind
vidual began, breaking up" al ia
same altitude day after day.
Perhaps one Of the greatest diflcu
. ties encountered was the fact that tn
> flyers did not realize that they wer
being affected by the lack OF ogyge
as the height increased. Even afte
20 they crashed TO earth, they had no ide
why It had happened, for "everythln
e had been working all right when sh
started to nose dive" That Is WIN
al those who survived said.
10 What really happenedi Just thisi'
ID The lungs require p per cent. {
oxygen or 65 millimeters Of oKyge
~ when a person Is en- tho ground. A
.a the bird-man climbs swiftly to greats
IL heights, the air contains less oxyge
and the pilot finds It increasinsl
- harder to keep that amount In h
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