Do you know much about this actor?

Her name is Carole Lombard and she was the wife of Clark Gable. She was killed in a plane crash aged just thirty four!

I admit, here aged thirty, I do worry about airplanes, flying in those aluminium tubes, and safety. Statistics show air transport is the safest but there is little chance of surviving an airplane accident/crash!

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samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

Air travel is now much safer than then. Survival is, obviously, dependent on many factors. The overall answer to that question is this, it depends. I am much more concerned about survival in an auto crash, in your country the Vespa drivers are a particular worrisome risk,bro themselves and other drivers.

ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M

Best in her comedy roles, the love of Gable's life. I think the plane crashed as she was returning to Hollywood (and Gable) after appearing on a tour to sell War Bonds. Gable was devastated.

Heartlander

While flying may be safer with a "per mile" comparison between airplanes to autos, it's not so when comparing the two on a "per hour" comparison.

It's why life insurance policies generally have an exclusion clause for when operating as an aircraft crew member,

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Heartlander

@samueltyler2 Oh yea, airline type crew members generally spend 75 to 80 hours per month in or around airplanes. Also non-airline type flying is generally riskier, like crop dusting, and military aviation.

samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

@Heartlander there is some interesting data regarding some forms of cancers in flight crews. there is less protection from radiation at 35k feet or more.

Heartlander

@samueltyler2 Thanks. It will probably take decades before we know all the physiological affects related to flying, especially with the ever changing technology that lets us fly higher and longer, and in what seems like tighter and tighter cramped space. Newer, long range airline planes are cruising above 40 thousand feet. The SR-71 above 75 thousand. Also prolonged exposure to the sun when westbound.

Barefooter25 · 46-50, M

Flying is much more safer now than it was back in 1942. The plane that crashed back then was a DC-3 and it was due to pilot error. Even though DC-3s are still used to this very day, modern jet liners have far more sophisticated technology equipment than the DC-3.

Heartlander

@Barefooter25 Yea, operators who use DC-3s and other vintage aircraft typically do so for $$$ reasons, which extends to them also not having the financial resources to upgrade the avionics and other enhancements that make flying safer.

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