Show 1 I Planes s W With Living Quarters In Wings Predicted by Inventor I Ford Looks F For r New Fu Fuel l Lighter Than G Gato Gas Ga Gasto s 5 to Improve Aviation I I I. PHILADELPHIA May l 1 AP Airplanes swifter safer and bigger bigg bigger big big- g ger r. r with living and sleeping apartments apartments apartments apart apart- ments for passengers passengers' in in- wings wing s s seven ven feet leet t thick lck are prophesied by Clarles Claries L. L L Lawrance inventor of ot the Wright Whirlwind motor moton A new fuel luel lighter than gasoline will be developed thus thus' increasing the the load carrying capacity of airplanes airplanes air air- airplanes planes in the future in the he open- open ion ton of oc Henry Ford There Is little doubt that airplanes airplanes air air- planes WI will ill become the principal m medium of ot long distance expensive expensIve expensive ex ex- pensive transportation but tho the future fu future future fu- fu ture o of aviation and its possibilIties possibilities ties cannot be predicted Orville Wright lather father of oc aviation believes These views on air all travel of of the future were expressed in addresses and con comment men 11 here rc Y yesterday y on the occasion of of ot their visit to td t the rho t institute where Henry Ford was awarded a agold gold med medal for his achievements in automobile production and his contributions his contrI tp to the he welfare of ot mankind A medal was vas presented te to to Mr lr Lawrance for COl his Invention q cf the Wright air cooled motor PLANES TO BE BE BIGG BIGGER R. R Airplanes of ot the tho future will be bigger er swifter and safer Mr Air Lawrance said They will have wings six or seven seyen feet thick eVentually will accommodate passengers pas PUi who will be able ble to walkabout walk walkabout about in them eat and sleep in their roomy Interiors The fuselage will then shrink to a a. mere vestige of its present form The coming planes will be bo ro so large arge that it will wm be possible for lor mechanics to work on the engines In n flight In fact they will be able to o take down an engine while fly fly- Ing ng Tho The airplane of ot the future futuro w will vill lI be one of ot the greatest factors in n abolishing war Mr Air Ford envisioned the discovery I of ot a new fuel as a development de In i aviation He said Interest In avIation was increasing and im- im that he was was Interested in e efforts ef- ef forts orts to produce produce- a a. new fuel lighter than ban gasoline and thus add to the load oad carrying capacity of ot airplanes He Je agreed with a a. recent statement that hat the airplane ne has about reached the he limit of ot its load c carrying capacity capacity ca- ca ca- ca and remarked But I also thInk that existing limitation wIllbe will wille willbe be e modified gr greatly aUy as our ur aeronautic aeronautic aeronautic aero aero- experience and research develop develop de- de new factors For instance the he finding of a fuel lighter than gasoline would help INCREASED SAFETY By Dy way of improvement he said that hat first the factor of ot safety should hould be raised Thomas A A. A EdiSOn Edion Edison Edi- Edi SOn on has said Mr 11 Ford continued that the human factor in the operation operation op- op ration of or airplanes is about 97 07 percent per percent cent ent and the mechanical factor 3 per er cen cent Of Qt course that is il a bad balance alance It should be almost reversed reversed re- re versed if air transportation is to be as safe as surface transportation n on land and water Asked if It hi his s interest in airplane production n would become as great as that in automobile manufacture he said That depends It is Increasing all the time The airplane js not perfect perfect per per- feet but immense improvements improvement s sare are being in made ife The transportation of Of freight b by y airplane is limited to to- ta its weightlifting weightlifting weight lifting capacity Mr l Wright said I f do not believe e airplanes airplane will supplant supplant sup sup- supplant plant steamships as the the- principal freight carr carrying medium for Ion long distances nor do I believe they the wIlls will s supersede r railroads ds for transporting transport transport- ing passengers short distances a 11 at t rate moderate prices This docs no not n ean that I believe the plane has reached its limit of ot development There will willbe be greater d development but I am not prepared to to discuss Its extent The cost o of construction will wUI v ll be greatly cut in time and i inconsequence in n. n consequence e the co cot colt t of aerial travel will wIlI become becom less exx expensive |