TO-MORROW IN THE AIR

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 119, 13 February 1926, Page 22

TO-MORROW IN THE AIR

CITIES’ ROOFS FOR LAND. ING PLACES

Describing the "air port” of a hundred years hence, in “Airway” magazine, Professor Low, the well-known scientist, predicts that the air traveller will wall: into a comfortable and well-appointed waiting-room in the centre of the city, where he will be able to purchase a ticket for any place in the world. A lift will take him up on to the root, where lie will step direct into a roomi and comfortable aeioplane. The machine, mounted on a turntable will bo shot off into the air by catapults, and will travel through space at over 300 miles an hour. Before that stage is reached, however, streets will bo roofed in to provide landing grounds for aeroplanes and city parks may be used ns aerodromes. Wireless communication between an aeroplane in flight and any telephone subscriber will become possible and the air traveller of the future will call up some central radio exchange, such as Rugby, and ask for his home telephone number. A few seconds later a .--mall led light would appear ou his instrument and he would be in communication with his own home. Fog. at present the greatest obstacle to regular Hying will be overcome by wireless. All aeroplanes will be guided by directional wireless and will be able to travel safely in any kind of weather.

Private flying by individuals will increase in proportion, and Professor Low predicts that very soon people will own aero-rars instead of motor-cars. He suggests flint ns the new arterial roads will provide ideal landing and taking-off places wo may soon sec white lines on our main roads bearing the legend, “Aero-cars may take off from here.”