| Flying machines have illustrated the proverb of | | | | of the fact that airline crews are highly trained |
| our youth, 'what goes up must come down.' This | | | | and have a more professional approach when it |
| doubtful comment was released in the Times of | | | | comes to their responsibilities. As an example, a |
| May twenty fifth, 1908, just one or two years | | | | captain of a Boeing 747 is anticipated to have |
| after the famous flight by the Wright siblings. The | | | | around 30 years of flying experience and will |
| writer, clearly still dubious about the way forward | | | | often be in his fifties. Such standards can be |
| for flight, announced that the vision of air travel | | | | discovered in all members of the crew and this |
| may never be realized. | | | | significantly decreases the chances of anything |
| It shows just how misleading that predication | | | | going wrong. |
| turned out to be at the end. Flying is now as | | | | In fact, lives are on the line here. On the flight |
| common as steam ships were back in the days. | | | | deck, all the instruments to ensure a safe flight |
| Inside only one century, air travel has been | | | | are cloned, both for the captain and for the |
| transformed from the delicate gadgets at the | | | | copilot. This makes sure that in case something |
| turn of the 19 the century to the graceful jumbo | | | | happens to the captain, the copilot has total |
| computer-equipped jetliners we see today that | | | | control over the aeroplane. Another flight |
| travel quicker than the rate of sound. | | | | precaution taken is that both the copilot and the |
| Aviation has indeed transformed the twentieth | | | | captain can monitor one another's instruments to |
| and the 21 st century into another world. Some | | | | make sure that they are giving the same |
| still wonder just how safe air travel really is. Let | | | | indications. |
| us see how safe aviation is and what precautions | | | | The captain and the copilot are also anticipated to |
| are brought about to guarantee its safety is | | | | have different meals so that in the event of food |
| maintained. | | | | poisoning, just one of them would be influenced. |
| For one, an aircraft is safer in comparison to an | | | | To guarantee control over transportable parts like |
| automobile. About half a million folks die on roads | | | | landing gear, there is often a doubling or a tripling |
| annually compared to less than two thousand | | | | of hydraulic systems in case there happens to be |
| from airline accidents. Actually, only traveling by | | | | a failure. Doubtless to say that air travel is taken |
| bus in the U. S. is regarded safer. What makes | | | | very seriously and you can rest assured next |
| planes safer? For one thing, planes do not fly in a | | | | time you take a flight. |
| convenient position. A different reason is because | | | | |