The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-13

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~ Gov 90 the machine and his coh'lo' D,,ch he
W 4nl IT,, +hrouph which OF upon VIM. -
the ileuiui' o6 Put the unreilaplilty Vi
lnoHes 1nocbonism must still De recho
LEV ena that unreliability seems u VIC .a-,o.
", no DIR than it Is upon the grouho- .,,or-
.i,noa results in strange and uheAle''eo
ings 49,, ,os+ NJ health
o,ca IN n while man in the Des' "a ,-,tn
y 40 n,nk of condition, who has passeu w. -.
unu III. 49, overv one of the severe tests !"
- ov,otion candidates are subjected VIII 40"
a,.or fointed before In his life, VIII 1aihl "1A'o
no Is IN the dir. One recent fatal ac,luene 49,.
Texas field is supposed to have oeeh uue ~
cause. .u T.. tho
Ono n,lot tainted and the plane Tell 10 , tno
Garth but neither he nor the stuu.' 80 ,+,
voc hurt except for few scratches anu 80
w. otd that ne did not know why ne 1alhteu"
An that he knew that he suddenly ioS' eo
sato,sness and did not regain it until ne was
heinp hauled out Of the wrecked airpihne' no
bod never tainted before In his lie.
Mother had another young fellow 10 "hon'
orarrth,nc suddenly became a blank as ms ma
80. 100 sailing away through the blue. It was
t,1, so,,,no along easily when presently ne came
- h,nse,f again with the feeling that something
nod happened to him Looking down, ne coui"
500 that he had covered a considerable ois'anc0
ctnca the moment when he had lost CONSCIOUSNESS.
10 does not know why he tainted any more than
no
ahle death during those blank moments.
A british surgeon attached to the relay naval
o,, serr,ce DR. H. Greene Anderson who has had
extensive experience at British flying stauoos'
nos recently written some interesting conclusions
concerning these somewhat obscure causes az
airplane accidents at training schools
In the opinion of Doctor Anderson based upon
studv and comparison Of the statements made to
him in such cases by a hundred student flyers.
hroO
+o1 or physical strain that may yet cause serious
accidents He thinks 1t Is induced by the impact
cf overwhelming sensations upon the mind OF
the pupil after he is in the air. The flying pupil
who Is overcome by this form Of fatigue. says
Doctor Anderson, reaches the stage where he
has the power neither to reason. decide nor act.
A state of mental inertia supervenes. This is due
70 repeated stimuli received by his brain In rapiti
succession In his flight. He feels alone; a sue
cession Of errors occurs In the air; he feels he
cannot manage to control the airplane fear does
not seize him. but the enormity Of the whole
thing appalls him; he feels helpless and stote
Of brain fatigue occurs In which he, In st,nor
awaits events and takes little part in the air.
planes control"
This form of brain fatigue would seem To he
largely n result Of personal temperament Docto,
Anderson thinks 1t responsible for "a fair nro
portion Of accidents among students In the ear,,
stages Of flying. and he adds that student ov,o
tors who have suffered from 1t, II thew escon.
injury are likely to give up flying,
There are many, many Of the unmportan+ q,
cidents Of which nobody takes heed PINT -
fatal accidents, Notwithstanding the concern o,o
them manifest In some parts Of the coun4,v ~
percentage Is no greater than should be erro,.s
is less than In the flying schools Of soma 60
countries. and is not higher than it Is in o,r.as
any extra hazardous occupation And whs. :. !.
remembered that this latter comparison ~.
together figures representing men in tho +..,.,e
stage with those Of skilled workers n L. .a..
both that flying is safer game than ~ w e.
credit Of being, and that 1t will be q 90 s' ~
Q for the country to guard against hvsto..u 49, PA
Q the fatalities that do occur owe