The Challenge of High-Speed Flying
If pilots have only split seconds for correcting a collision course at today 's fantastic speeds in the air, how can military and commercial flying be protected Jrom the ever-growing hazard of the mid-air crash? It takes a minimum of three seconds for the pilot to see and react to danger, and this interval at speeds ranging from 600 mph to the supersonic devours a half mile and more of distance. COLONEL H. G. MOSELEY, a Flight Surgeon, is Chief of the Aero-Medical Safety Division in the U. S. Air Force’s Directorate of Flight Safety Research.