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Decatur, Illinois, Sunday, December 10, DECATUR SUNDAY HERALD AND REVIEW President's Panel Smaller Craft Have Bigger Death Rate craft, 97 per cent of the active pilots, 82 per cent of the hours flown, 75 per cent of the operations at tower controlled fields and 99 per cent of the operations at the rest we are not avinfinn ata avia. Jobs Urged for Rural Poor Greater Number of Planes Biggest Air Safety Problem cent of the persona income of I all Americans. i ji, ii.i. nnwii By Frank Cormier Of the Associated Press Washington "To close the income gap for uie acuiuuiu raie aiu noi go up (jon or down." i The FAA is taking steps to General aviation groups are get a better measure of how adamant on freedom of the close things are in the skies by skies. Largely, they have been relaxine one of its rules on A presidential advisory com the rural poor alone," it says, By John Barbour Of the Associated Press Air travel is safe.

But for more than 1,400 human brings who perished in U.S. air accidents so far this year, it was not safe enough. mission iaKes issue wiin some "WOuld require nearly $5 bil current federal programs and i successful in defending it. near miss reporting. Most lion." urges full employment for the Once the private, pilot has his I agree that the 462 reports re The whole tenor of the 160- vbA in iQfifi aorp tnn lnu; Rnt rural poor even ii tne govern- license, there are few enforce- nilots were reluctant to turn in ment has to Prvide the jobs to Pagc printed document is that able bounds on him in the air Death in the skies is not one problem, but many.

It may in-1 volve the fatigue of metal, the length of a runway, the clutter! craft for which he is rated, ex- -nvi itimi me fjani-i cans na- uie price wouia oe wen wortn reports, because they were fre-- tional disgrace. cept his own good sense. In auentlv followed bv Dunitive ac- of a radar screen, weather, the limits of human sight or attention or judgment, or equipment failure. But few problems are as se some cases he can traverse a tion by the FAA. Beginning' 25-member group, head- busy airport, fly through a run- Jan.

1, for one year, the FAA ed bv. Edward Breathitt, Dem-way approach or stacked-up air-1 will grant immunity to pilots re- ocratic governor of Kentucky, planes. When he creates a haz-! porting near-misses. Hopefully, submitted its report in Septem-ardous situation, he is liable for 'it will bring out a better meas--ber but lt 7as not made public punishment. He may be dead ure of how often near -misses bv Wn'te House until Sat-by then.

I occur where and why. urday, although there had been Denial Doesn't Surprise Thant vere or as urgent as the bur geoning air fleet itself. Charles Ruby, president of the I Of the near-misses reported repeaiea requests by newsmen Ten years ago, there were on United Nations (AP) Viet Cong denial that it had Air Line Pilots in 1966, 143 occurred at alti- lor lLs release, i Association, said: "We do not tudes ranging from 500 to 3,000 Reportedly, it was put out fertV 1 ly 67,000 commercial and pri vate planes in the nation's1 because the Government asked to send reoresentatives to feel that we can stress too feet, and 249 were between now 1 strongly that with the increased 000 and 14,500 feet. Almost half Printing Office sent copies to the United Nations was not ex- i i i i enmt Ann i. 3 00 uac vi me au spate uy occurred wiinin iu mnes 01 air- umc iw punt uui-un-s uac pected Secretary-General transport and military aircraft, 1 ports of origin or destination for they became available to re- Thant said Saturday.

Both he as well as all types of general the aircraft involved end U.S. Ambassador Arthur J. In its most sweeping recom- Goldberg insisted that the South mendation, the commission asks Vietnamese Communists did a matter of urgency" that make a request. aviation aircraft, it is clear that air traffic control problems, and SOUTH AFRICA the collision threats are on the1 BANS FLINTS increase." London (AP) There have heen louder cries' Flints to Bert Edwards me leaerai governemt maKe Pnad nn if nnlifv of full pm- The denial was issued by the guerrillas' political arm, the National Liberation Front skies. Today, the air fleet numbers more than 108.000.

In 10 years, it will number 184.000. And every year private and commercial planes get bigger and faster. Today's 2,300 commercial airliners have an enviable safety record. They suffer less than one-tenth of a death every 100 million miles in the air. 106,000 General Aviation But for the 106.000 smaller, private and business aircraft called general aviation, the death rate is 20 per 100 million miles 200 times the death rate for scheduled airliners and eight times the death rate for auto reeently for segregating private and his iamily for two centur- payment, made official 21 aircraft, making them land at" PdM ll'lle satellite fields away from thel livelihood but to the govern- It calls for jobs for all those D-Vf busy commercial traffic coming mem now mey are arms ana wiuing and able to work and lo Thp vi into hub airports.

can't be shipped to South Afri- says that to the extent that pri- rpnnrt. rfth. n.rmtmn "txM. ca Decause oi an empargo. enterprise cannot provide IT fK-It: I .1 IIC 111 .111 1-11111(11 1 1 c-- vaic cmciLMisc tdinivi uiuvtuc uuuciai avidiiuu giuup aiuui-.

ly defend their access to tax-! Rifle clubs and enthusiasts re-: employment, "the commission w- Associated Press Wirephoto supported runways and Air-tain a sentimental regard lor believes jt the obligation of "le sa' space. Robert Moru-oe. congres-the flintlock, Edwards says, and -government to provide it." wa not unexpected Thant nJ HHc- "Tn thic nnnlpar aao vnn I told nCWSmen here. FAA men reconstruct plane to see why it crashed mobiles. And of six air disasters ana- ersare nonestanoupnoia mpn an designations ot of nd technical planning can't fight a war with muskets.

potential cost of raising all the Later, an informant said: in ards in granting private flying standards. They point out flieht testers, and he- t. nnnnn u- mD it (ol-oc tn iha Hai u.ac that thp --c--- IU1 LIT 11U.UUU 111CT111LCL nJ I i. vv4vo inw lU'JU. III LIJC liailUil aiUtC CllC 1 u-m.

196. two were collisions in me licenses. tlignt mstructors and ingnt test- gan doing the testin them- put it this way: "With 99 per By the time the powder, shot poverty line, the group says that NLF would deny it if word of air between commercial a In an analysis of air acci- ers put their reputations on the FAA agents fell six cent of the registered and wadding are in place, you'd in 1964 the tab would have been the requests were leaked out be-private aircraft Tne 108 per-dents in 1965. the National line when they pass a pilot. months behind in testing, and 98 per cent of the active air-be dead." about $12.5 billion-or 2.6 per for visas were granted." "iv-v.

iransponaiion aaieiy ooaru ine proiessionai airune puoii crashes total amost half of the found that two-thirds of general is flight-checked by the FAA' entire commercial a i a ti aviation mishaps were due to twice a year. Yet private pilots death toll. I pjiot error. Less than one-fifth with a basic license need only In all, some 137 people were 0f airliner accidents were pin-; pass a medical examination ev- KUiea in collisions in me air ned t0 pilot error. In 1967, as ery two years to maintain fly- r-l ri 1-1 during the first 10 months of the three vear hefnre mnrp i L'.

JL fit fl I I I A the year, just 25 short of an all-; than 1,000 will die in general. Indeed inactive private li-time fatality record for that aviation accidents. The NTSB nco nt hn ff kind of collision. But any year says the toll is rising partly be since mid-1945. They can be re- cause light aircraft are bigger instated without any further in- nas me poienuai io on worse.

In 1966, pilots reported 462 near-misses with other aircraft. and carrying more passengers. struction or flying. t30 Gen. Joseph D.

Caldara, head! As 1967 draws to a close, the Not all near-misses are report ml CratiP ovrwte the true 1 uuiijiuiu i-uSm omcijjrnn is iui.mciui6 avmc ucw eSZ, IL Foundation, has urged the FAA restrictions on the general avia- number might reach 000 a a. possibly thou- year, involving for some years to tighten the tion flier. It will suggest for standardization of instruction public discussion annual profi-for private fliers. Until about i ciencv tests, or a set amount of sands of people. Jff i lTP threeyears ago, he said, it was yearl instruction, to maintain jets with 500 passengers jumbo nnccihla fnr nn nnnlinanf in nacc flying rights.

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An FAA official admits that safety statistics point a finger at the efficiency of the private pilot. A current study of hub UiC juuiuvs tunic uic ULVl 1n transports that will crosVAmer-! ica twice as fast as a bullet. U1C1 "Wo ran nut in raHar at pvppv i v. rnnm-acii. aiihftiul .1 1 authorized In 1959.

ln I (i.O Congress jiirnnrt in this mitntrv airpons is prouing ine possiDU- Passbook Account Six Month Certificate Six Month Certificate airnort in the countrv savs icanug tu umusuj. pnvaie nying. pXal AwSon Agencv chief Th? FAA The general aviation pilot is William McKee. "It will ob-tlers designates. But represented by several groups viously greatly improve the op-? Tthnvht T80 'm Washington- 0ne Is the Air" erations But even with all the fllht test? craft Owners and Pilots Asso-that.

and billions of dollars onvate licenses are conducted by Ration. A spokesman for that airports. I couldn't guarantee "viduals. Some of group said: "There are a lot vou i a 100 per cent safe opera- ar the same ones, 0f people flying and learning to tion as long as we have sel1 n'm? lessons- sel1 There are very few federal pie who make mistakes, as long cra1 a service them. agents to monitor it.

If you go as we have equipment that goes ReP- BenJam" Rosenthal, D- into revalidation of licenses and out i-VY- whose d'stnct includes a you'll have to enlarge Two Prime Duties private airfield and part of La- the FAA staff tremendously." The FAA has two prime du- Guardia Airport, says: "It's as 1 n0 Statistical Evidence ties: Insuring air safety, and if the man WD0 sold 'ou J'our Of a possible conflict of inter-promoting aviation. Some Con- car- or tne garageman est in having private individ-gressional critics say that one serviced it. also gave you yourUals give flight tests, he said, aim may be getting in the way driver's license." "i have seen no statistical evi ct the other. I Despite the potential conflict 'dence to date that this was the Critics are pointing to the of interest. FAA officials are i root of the probltm.

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