How the decades-old concept of "crashworthiness" saves lives During the early days of flying, planes weren't built to crash. They could fly, sure, but when something went wrong, there wasn't much to protect a pilot or passengers from impending doom. In 1917, a young pilot named Hugh DeHaven, flying in his last training flight for the Canadian Royal Flying Corps, collided with another plane. He survived the 500-foot free fall to the ground, but the other plane's pilot did not. DeHaven would go on...
How the decades-old concept of "crashworthiness" saves lives During the early days of flying, planes weren't built to crash. They could fly, sure, but when something went wrong, there wasn't much to protect a pilot or passengers from impending doom. In 1917, a young pilot named Hugh DeHaven, flying in his last training flight for the Canadian Royal Flying Corps, collided with another plane. He survived the 500-foot free fall to the ground, but the other plane's pilot did not. DeHaven would go on...
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