Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-06-13

r,,,,,, nm automobile IS for the shineu ".'
ca for MS the machine and his coh''" - In
tho medium through which or upon "m 80
moves are concerned. But inc n.asorn1
the human mechanism musl sum ' unao.,r
NTH and that unrcliabiity seems 10 Dc ste"'''
"'n w. ar th,n II Is upon the ground. 1t some
.;,no. resn,ts in strange and unexpected happe"
ings. ,o,,,b
O,ca In , while a man In the best or heailh
am, tho mini, Of condition, who has passea w"
hi,h success every one Of the severe tes'S "
witch aviation candidates are subjected VIM ~
never fninted before In his life, VIII lh.h' """H
no Is in the air. One recent fatal accloen' ~"
r.x,s field Is supposed to have been que 10 '"h'
cause. a..
one nIlot tainted and the plane fell 10 the
oorth hut neither he nor the student wllh III"
wos hurt except for a few s~cralches "hu '"','
Flo said that he did not know why ne l"'''eu'
All that he knew was that he suddenly 'ost eon
seriousness, and did not regain 1t until ne WINS
heinr hauled out Of the wrecked alipi"he' h'
had never tainted before In his Ire.
Ns,tbor had another young fellow, to whom
o,ary,h,n, suddenly became q blank as his ma
chine was sailing away through the blue, 1t was
stul sailing along easily when presently ne came
n himself again with the feeling that something
hod hammered to him. Looking down, he conld
see that he had covered a consideraDie o's'"'ce
since the moment when he had lost consciousness
ue does not know why he tainted any more than
he knows why he did not spin downward to PROB
able death during those blank moments.
A British surgeon attached to the relay naval
air service, DR.. II. Graeme Anderson, who mas mao
extensive experience ut British flying statlohs
has recently written some interesting CONCLUSIONS
concerning these somewhat obscure causes -"
airplane accidents at training schools.
In the opinion Of Doctor Anderson, bnsed upol
stu,ly and comparison Of the statements mace U
him In such cases by a hundred student myers
there ia n brain fatigue not due to previous men
tnl ar nhysical strain that may yet cause scrIou
accidents He thinks 1t Is induced by the lmpac
cs overwhelming sensations upon the mlhd "
tho pupIl after he is In the air. The flying pup
who IL overcome by this form Of fatigue. shy
Doctor Anderson, reaches the stage where n
has the power neither to reason. decide. nor nc
state Of mental inertia supervenes. Ihis Is I'd
70 repeated stimuli received by his brain III rapt
succession In his flight. He feels alone; a sh'
cession Of errors occurs In the air; ne reels u
cannot manage to control the airplane; fear dot
not seize him, but the enormlty OF the VINO
thing appnlls him; he feels helpless, ana n sta
az brain fatigue occurs In which he. In II stHpo
awaits events mud takes little part In the VI
planes control"
V1lS IOTW OI UEuIu ANtASuC "OuAN S"SA ~
largely a result Of personal temperament. Doct
Anderson thinks It responsible for IA fair n
norton Of accidents" among students In the eur
stages Of flying, and he adds that student av'
tors who have suffered from It, II they escal
injury, are likely to give up hylng.
There are many, many Of the unimportnnt
c,dents. Of which nobody takes heed. But
fatal ACCIDENTS. notwithstanding the concern ov
them manifcst'i in some parts Of the country. I
percentage Ii no greater than should be expcct'
d less than IN the fylng schools Of some 9th
countries, and IN not higher than II II In nltn'
any extrs.haxardous occupation. And when It
remembered that this latter comnarlson ORR
together figures representing men In the train
stage with those Of skilled workers, II Is cvid'
both that flying Is a safcr gnrne than It has
credit Of being, and TINT It will be q good r
for the country to guard against hysteria o.
the fatalities that do occur.