Aeronautics: Even Money

Against death while traveling by rail on Britain's famed Royal Scot, Lloyd's will insure a passenger at the rate of one shilling per £1.000 (approximately 25¢ per $5.000). Against death while flying on Imperial Airways Lloyd's will insure a passenger at the same rate.

In the U. S. insurance against accidental death on the Twentieth Century costs 25¢ per $5.000 or about the same as on the Royal Scot. For the same New York-Chicago trip on American Airlines' new sleeper plane the rate is $2.

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