At the inquest the foreman of the jury. asked if there were an7 maximum age for flying officers in the R.A, F.
Squadron-Leader A. E, Pettingeli, in charge of the R. A. F. Depot] Jat Henlow there is no limit to the age a man may reach before he ceases flying. So long as he is certified fit he can go on flying as Fong as he likes."
'The Foreman:—And I suppose Flying Officer Scott, despite his 49 years, was fit?—Oh, yes. He wa much' better than some of the me on the station who were 12 years The coroner thought the jury could come to no other conclusion than that the di accident pure and blame could be attached of the pilots. The was "Accidental death'
The worst that has befallen the Air Service. Accidents have been rather frequent of late.
Amundsen's will be one of three! rival air expeditions to the Pole this spring. Tis competitors aro:—It. Commander Byrd (American), on his way by sea to Spitz. bergen for an aeroplane flight to the Pole; Wilkins (Australian) ka, for a flight} across the Pole in the direction op-Posite to that planned Amundsen.
Amundsen hopes to settle the!
whether there are islands of any considerable extent in the central Polar region, and all three hope to discover whether regular air traffic routes across the Pole from one continent to another are
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