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1918
1918 - 0985.PDF
SEPTEMBER 5, 1918 TO THOSE WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: IF YOU HAD TO TRUST YOUR LIFE TO THE MACHINE. WHAT THEN? Extracts from Daily press :—" It was stated that the tank had not been riveted according to specification and that owing to the vibration in an aeroplane there would be a danger of petrol leakage. Fines amounting to £300 and £6 costs were imposed." " Two men workers in an aeroplane factory were summoned .... working on aeroplane spars they drilled a hole in a spar which was a quarter of an inch out. When the error was discovered they said nothing about it, and drilled another in the right place .... One of the men, asked if he would like to* fly in a machine in which such a spar was used, replied that he would not . . * . The two were fined £10 each." 985
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