Gives Up Monoplanes.

New York Times 100 years ago today, September 13, 1912:
Four Fatalities In a Week Result In British War Office Order.
    LONDON, Sept. 12.— On account of the recent casualties to aviators of the British Army Flying Corps, four lieutenants having been killed within a week, the War Office has suspended the use of monoplanes in the service.
    Army aviators consider that biplanes are safer and more stable than monoplanes. Machines of the latter type have been used, however, because they are speedier.