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A war hero and pioneer flyer takes a considered look at the future and makes some amazing uieuiuuuiib. ny attempt to visualize, within 50 percent of reality, what will be accomplished in the next 50 years of aviation would, in the eyes of his friends, qualify one as a fit subject for a mental hospital. I can speak from experience, be cause 25 years ago I ventur ed such a glimpse 25 years into the future. Although several of mv predictions fell short of what actually has taken place, my description of multiengined transports, trans-oceanic air services, wide-ranging high flying military aircraft, and efficient helicopters sounded to many like the outpour ings of an unbalanced mind. But, with this possible indictment vividlv in mind. I will make the following predictions for aviation in the next 50 vears. Long before that time has passed, military aircraft. both fighters and rmavV bombers, will progress from turbo-iet enpinps at. trip speed of sound to the more powerful ram-iet engines that will drive snppds im to 2.500 to s nnn mnh aven these will be only stepping stones to rocket- driven PllroA micellae tViaf Will make nhcnloto nnr nra. Sent Concents nf fifrMorc anA bombers. Cart-vino a miirV further devplnnprl devastat these War manhinao ri11 be COntrnllo clinfi.nr,inll and will require human help only for take-off. Speeds of these nuclear powered guided missiles will increase progressively from 2,500 mph to 25,000 mph, and will locate their targets with acoustical devices as yet undeveloped. This, I admit, is an ugly picture, but as man develops his ability to engineer those deadly instruments, the need for them will diminish Proportionately. In this fact hes mankind's greatest hope since the beginning of time. Spectacular as are the developments ahead for military aircraft, the ad vance of aviation as the world's primary means of travel over appreciable dis tances will be equally hard to comprehend. Transport planes will pro gressively graduate from today's "giant" aircraft with speeds of 350 mph to verit able air liners, which by 1960 will be cruising high above the weather with silent vibrationless comfort, initially in the speed band of sound, or about 600 mph. Continuing advances in the development of jet power may move these speeds up to 2,500 mph. Chicago and Miami will be 30 minutes apart. You will be able to cross the con tinent in about an hour, span the Atlantic in less than two hours, and cross the Pacific in something like four hours. The application of atomic power to transport aircraft will bring to reality avia tion's potential of being man's most economical, and safest, means of travel. Because of the infini tesimal weight of atomic fuel compared to that of thousands of gallons of gas oline now required for pro pulsion, the atomic engine will make possible tremen dously increased payloads and ranges. This will mean far more efficient aircraft and, consequently, relative ly lower and lower cost for the traveler and the shipper. While these atomic-powered air liners will link major cities over the con tinent and across the world, helicopters will progress from today's reciprocating engines to jet-power and then to atomic propulsion, increasing in size to carry 50 to 100 passengers, and in speed to the swiftness of our present transport air craft schedules. To utilize this advanced means of transportation, cities of any size will zone building heights in their downtown areas and bridge the streets to make heli ports an ideal convenience for the greatest number of people in each community. Development of electronic devices and control will make the operation of air craft independent of the weather's caprices. Finally, in the span of this next half-century of avia tion, space ships will be come commonplace for in terplanetary travel. With luxurious accommodations for 1,500 to 2,000 passengers, they will use atomic -power to develop speeds up to 5,000 mph or better with a practically unlimited range. In fact, space ships in the year 2008 will be semi-self-sustaining planets within themselves. What lies ahead for avia tion? Our progress will be limited only by the limits of human imagination. To develop these things and even far greater wonders, man already has God-given intelligence, as well as the capacity for the knowledge they will require. Yet, unless we can anchor our knowledge to moral principles, science may turn out to be not the guide but the betrayer of humanity. With aviation's develop ment in the hands of men of good will, we have, for the first time in our long history, the one instrument that can forever eliminate the barriers of time and dis tance, of ignorance and mis understanding, which have set men against each other since time began. In terms of human re lationships, these advances in aviation mean that the world is growing pro gressively smaller. The time is not far off when people of all nations will have the means of meeting and un derstanding one another, and for eliminating the petty hates and jealousies that breed wars. For, in the years ahead, every community on the face of the earth will be a port of entry and departure for every other city, town, and hamlet on the vast ocean of air on whose shores every man lives. Then, instead of being the most deadly weapon man has created, the airplane will truly become the Angel of Peace that God always intended it to be. 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