Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-24

>o,,oe Texas. Feb. 23.-1 he Alneri-
 ',outh has g natural aptitude for can :.,a If waa revealed and is being n'!.o,oncd n!,.,d in seven aviation training ..otions in Texas and, curing the s';ntor flyers have been turned out them with Q proficiency and i'll ,",hers Nvn, that have been fully satis- aa a'.a tho American officers and have lea rod almost startling to instruct p from the allied armies who are % baro to give the Americans the ad- vantage of their eXperlence and knowledse. .
 ,n,it;e} aviation stations in the state. rho American camps are al Fort uio,+h San Antonio. Houston, Waco, no,las and Wichita Falls. At Fort orh the Royal Flying corps a camp or vounc Canadians trained by Brit ;sh officers. are in daily competition with the Americans in m adjoining camp. A goodly number of young Americans also are enlisted with the Canadians and are receiving their training under the direction of Brit sh officers.
 A regard for military secrecy pro hibits relating the total number of students who have taken 70 the air here this winter. It reaches fig ura that gives great comfort to the military men who know, and com nared with the total hdvancement made by the men. the number of acci dents reported has heen surprisingly smal it is stated.
 From all seven camps, total Of@S men have been killed in eirplane ac- cidents up to early ir February. The British flyers at Fort Worth have lost far more than any of the Ameri- can camps. The high fatal ity record among the British it is said is the direct result cf the more sternuous system of practice and drill which they use. Twenty six deaths have occurred at the two camps at Fort Worth while Houston, next in l the list has had six
 Kill More Because Fly N0re." "Thev kill more at Fort Worth be- cause they fly mora," iS the way l young aviation officer explained the greet difference in the mortality lists. The British theory is that the mon should receive early instructions in all the difficult work they will have to do in actual service. while the American trainers spsnG 9 larger. part of their time in drilling tho fundamentals of flying. Tine young Canadians go into the air early for flgnts that are forbidden in the camps under United States control, They are taught the spirals, the dives ana the loops that arc r.art of act nal war flying and so it is that if their mortality list seems cut of pro portion to those in the other camps, me British officers are not dis,nleas. ca With the accomplishments of the men under them.
 The San Antonio station has had !afee iataNities, Dallas, Waco, and
 ralta Falls one eacl. Waco and "lcAlta Falls had perfect rec ords until the week ending February second when at Waco a pilot was kill ca in collision with another mach me in midair, and cadet at Wichita. saus lost his life when his machine fell
 several of the killed have been slsiilans or mechanics. Tn the early oass ea of the American camp at Fort worm. mechanic was struck by a mopeller w whe" the engine lack fired
 mere was similar accide nt onlv TO. .ehllv when a college student ex- ,slnlnlns and airplane which had M. ,saaea C. on the campus of the Texas "u'lstlan ,sa university. got to near s sle propeller. He was struck on the n. rsaa and killed almost instantly. At n.enton. .'s Texas, recently an aviator asa no@ Fort Worth stopped in a flieht
 as ,;aa was persuaded into taking a civ saa aaa as a passenger. The airplane
 sa .seua, u,araly cleared the ground when
 s''. auun'e lcame. The lplane crashed
 aviator. '' '''i'' ''''urins the