Word: piloting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...number of accidents charged to 'pilot error' is by no means an index to the number of errors committed. . . It is only in the mountainous regions where the clouds have solid cores [i.e., peaks against which an airplane can smash] that the errors are brought to public attention...
...high altitudes oxygen deficiency is dangerous not only for physiological but for psychological reasons. Chronic effects of oxygen-want appear only in pilots, are never seen in casual passengers. "The point at which oxygen-want should be relieved in the pilot," declared Captain Armstrong, "is the subject of heated controversy. The average pilot thinks it is smart to go to a high altitude without oxygen. Oxygen-want is like alcohol. The worse off one is, the better he feels. It is regrettable that oxygen-want is not an extremely painful process...
...Under better physiological conditions, with a simplified cockpit and an enlarged crew, there would be greater safety, fewer pilot errors, fewer crashes, less loss of life and equipment and great revenue from a more confident public. There would be a less rapid turnover of pilots and a longer useful service, and they would live a longer and more healthful life...
With an 80-m.p.h. wind blowing and other scheduled flights out of Newark canceled three hours before, Mr. Bane, Philip King-a Maritime Commission worker-a steward, a co-pilot and Pilot Fred Jones took off in a twin-motored Douglas at 8:30 p.m. Aboard were 510 gallons of gasoline, sufficient for 1,000 miles' cruising. This was fortunate, for, instead of flying the 222 miles to Washington, during the next six hours Mr. Bane & company flew 600 miles in circles...
...Pilot Jones, shrouded in whirling clouds, bucked the wind until he thought he was over Camden, then turned back to Newark. He missed Newark, missed New York, missed everything except a National Biscuit sign which flashed up once through the gloom, until he picked out an airway beacon...