Aviators and Squalls
1911; Nature Portfolio; Volume: 85; Issue: 2149 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1038/085322b0
ISSN1476-4687
Tópico(s)Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends
ResumoON looking through the now formidable list of fatalities which mark the progress, and the dangers, of aviation, the reader is often struck by the number of accidents where the reason for the capsize of the machine is not apparent. “Holes in the air” is the explanation frequently tendered, but it seems more than probable that sudden gusts, or squalls, at critical moments may be the real factors causing the trouble. For this reason an article by M. Durand-Gréville in the December (1910) number of the Bulletin de la Société astronomique de France is of interest.
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