Shades of Harriet Quimby.....
Several interesting points in the article; the INSTRUCTOR wasn't wearing a seatbelt either......
The builder of the Zodiac, 82 year old (!!!!!!) Clarence Andrews, was killed in December in a different plane - wonder if he built that one as well?
Harriet Quimby, as some of you may recall, was giving a joy ride to the Mayor of Boston over Boston Harbor; he was quite heavybuilt, and no doubt they were out of balance - tipped out of the aircraft, they died when they hit the water in front of a large crowd. Seatbelts unheard of back in those days.
Harriet hoped to win fame by flying across the Channel to France in a Blierot monoplane; but unfortunatly the Titanic sank that night, and grabbed all the headlines....