Evening star., 1937-02-28
membership of the Air Transport AS
sociation of America.

membership of the Air Transport AS
sociation of America.
In announcing the admission Of
the new member, Col. Edgar S. Gorrell,
president of the association, pointed
out that the Canadian line, connecting
with the United States airlines sys-
EN- at Seattle and Winnipeg, is con-
sidered a model for its size 1t OPP
crates to points as far north as Aka
vik, in the Arctic.
Canadian Airways' record has been
outstanding for regularity and safety"
Gorrell said. The years of pioneering
and successful operating experience of
its personnel was taken into considera-
ton by the association in electing it
to membership as the first associate
member classification confined to
international operators flying under
flags other than that of the United
States. The Canadian operation has
had our interest for years from a
technical and economic viewpoint
| serving as it does such an important
link in the airline system of North
| America"
G. A. Thompson, general manager of
| the Canadian system, was appointed
member of the Operations Com
mittee of the association, and T. w.
Siers, in charge of the maintenance
base at Winnipeg, was made a mem
Der Of the associations Maintenance
Committee.
Canadian Airways has been au-
thorized to honor the scrip and air
travel cards of United States op-
orators.
THE Bureau of Standards, 1t Is re-
ported. is attempting TO devise a
windshield for transport planes which
will be bird-proof.
ITO those pilots who have found
| themselves all unWittingly peering
| through the innards of a duck while
its dripping feathers formed a jaunty
headdreSS, such news should bring a
certain amount Of relief" comments
the Airline Pilot, house organ of the
lie
DR.. G. M. Kline Of the bureau is
! seeking a transparent plastic of some
sort capable of withstanding approx
mately 10000 foot-pounds Of impact.
To test windshields, he fires rubber
balls at them from an air gun.
! A Walton Is a safe method of
travel, and Congress can well
afford to appropriate additional funds
for airmail development, in the opin-
ion of Representative Jennings Ran
dolph of West Virginia.
You doubtless have in mind the
! tragic series of accidents which beset
the airlines in December and early
January" he said. TO those persons
most keenly interested in aviation and
its future the news of each accident
was a personal tragedy.
But when We look at the record
dispassionately. and bearing in mind
/ that no transporta ton medium is free
from accidents, we find much encour-
agement. In 1896, which was far
| from outstanding. the passenger
miles flown per passenger fatality were
approximately 100000. as computed
| by the Bureau of Air Commerce.
THE safety level as gagged by this
index, is twice as high as it was in
1890. 1881 and 1892 and about equal
| to 1884. The years 1888 and 1885
were more than twice as good as 1886.
I might mention also that on British
Empire routes the passenger miles
flown per passenger fatality for a
number of years have been 100000
to 100000 The lowest figure ever
reported for American airlines was
better than 4,000,000-the highest
nearly 25O0O,00O"
! There is no danger, Randolph said.
that the importance of aviation will
be overemphasized, but there is every
| danger that We will underemDhaSiZe"