AERONAUTICS: 500 ft. or Land

The world's worst air crash happened last fortnight—16 people killed in a T. A. T. Maddux trimotored Ford. As a result, the Department of Commerce made a new flying rule. No transport plane may fly lower than 500 ft. If trouble forces him that low, the pilot must seek a landing place at once.

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