AERONAUTICS: Insurance

Dirigibles are at least five times safer than airplanes, figure insurance underwriters. They charged Major James Fitzmaurice a 23% premium on his life policy when he began his transatlantic crossing, while 5% is all they charge to insure the dirigible R-100 for her round trip crossings from England to the U. S. and back next autumn.

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