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NOVEMBER I, 1917. an output could not be secured to practically any extent required." There is a good deal in this to commend itself to the man of business, but unfortu- nately the idea of carrying out certain work in the manner suggested does not appeal to the mind of the National Service official, who is, we fear, much more concerned with being able to say that he has assisted to " comb out " a certain industry than with the ques- tion of working efficiency arid maximum output. Airmen and Life Assurance. With reference to- our article on this subject in our issue of the 4th of October, we publish in our correspondence column a letter which should prove of the greatest interest to those who, after the war, intend to pursue the art of aviation. It conveys a proposal for the insurance of pilots and observers which seems to us to be eminently fair under all the circumstances. As our correspondent points out, it will probably be difficult to get from the authorities the data sufficient to enable the assurance companies to arrive at a proper actuarial basis for the insurance of flying risks, though why there should be this difficulty after the war, when no harm can be done by the disclosure of the number of accidents in relation to miles flown, we confess we IS & Escaped from the Turks. AGXIN has King George manifested bis personal interest in matters concerning the escape from the German clutches of our officers, by receiving Captain R. J. Tipton, of the cannot see. However, in default of this information, it is quite clear that the companies can only take the sporting chance and, in the meantime, build up their own figures. On the face of it, the extra premium, for flying risks, of five guineas per cent, seems rather high but, as we have pointed out, the companies have nothing to go upon, and must, therefore, be on the safe side. We have not the slightest doubt that when the real figures become available and the companies are able to appreciate how really safe flying has become, they will find it possible to reduce these rates very ma- terially. Moreover, it must be borne in mind that this is the first time flying risks have been insurable as a business proposition, as opposed to the gambling insurances which we know have been taken out occasionally in the past. We must always be pre- pared to pay for an experiment, which this offer - frankly is, and, crude as if is for the moment, we wel- come it as a long step in the right direction. Of course, this proposal does not cover the whole of the ground traversed in our original article, inasmuch as it does not include the insurance of war risks, though, as we pointed out then, these risks are not insurable on any known basis, and it would be too much to expect any company or group to entertain it. Royal Flying Corps, one of the two British officers who recently escaped from a Turkish prison camp in Asia Minor, and receiving from him the narrative of his adventures. Captain Tipton belongs to a family resident at Birkenhead and well known at Liverpool. THE^LONDON NIGHT RAIDERS.—The stern and tail planes of the "L49." Note the curious tail skid - arrangement. From the extreme point of the stern the German naval flag is still.flying. - (French Official Photograph^ • - '.'.'•'"•".-] : • -' ' 1129 ,,.>\ ::.:. ~-; _
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