Word: fso
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...FSO's Harris. The AAF asked its Flying Safety Organization to see what it could do. FSO found that the reasons for air mishaps were mostly human reasons; only 14% were due to mechanical or structural defects in the planes...
...greying locks of 39-year-old Colonel Samuel R. Harris, FSO director, were growing greyer over the problem: how to better the safety record without destroying the zip, cocksureness and daredevilish-ness of airmen bound for the battlefronts...
...FSO hopes to reduce the accident rate some 20 to 25% in the next year. But FSO's Colonel Harris puts his finger on the problem: "Take a kid full of vinegar and new flying skill, put a parachute on him and strap a shiny, powerful airplane on to him, and you have one of the finest combinations for trouble in the world...
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