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...Mineola, L. I Sept...
...report from Mitchel Field, the Army Air Service station at Mineola, L. I., advocating more pay and earlier retirement for Army pilots states that eight out of every 100 pilots have been killed in the line of duty each year from 1919 to 1922. Such casualties are largely due to the special hazards of army flying, such as formation flying, " dummy " bomb dropping, practice combats and similar dangerous work...
After a test flight in a Curtiss single-seater pursuit airplane at Mineola, Brigadier General William Mitchell, Assistant Chief of Air Service, met with an accident on landing which might have had serious consequences. The landing gear or undercarriage of the plane struck a rut and broke; the machine did not overturn, however, and the General, with the promptness of a cavalryman, released his safety belt and jumped out, escaping with a severe shaking...
Because it was convinced that it would be impossible to raise sufficient funds for the annual meet which was scheduled for tomorrow at Mineola, the Intercollegiate Flying Association has officially cancelled the meet...
Although the University will have no official representation at the annual meet of the Intercollegiate Flying Association scheduled to be held Friday, May 13, at Mineola, L. I., several individual members of the University will take part in the meet at their own risk and under their own management. These men will have absolutely no connection with the College authorities in respect to the meet, and will not be considered in any manner as a University team...