Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-03-27 | Page 24 | Hickley Predicts Brighter Future for Aviation Industry in U. S.

Hinckley Predicts Brighter Future For Aviation Industry in U. S. In speaking of the future of air transportation, Mr. Hinckley said: - "What the gain In the next 12 months will be I cannot exactly tell you, but the domestic lines already have placed orders for new equipment which will increase the number of planes by 28 per cent And sine these planes are, on the average, bigger than the present ones, they are Increasing their seating capacity by 33 per cent. ... By our most conservative conserva-tive estimates our domestic airlines air-lines by 1942 should be carrying 4.000.000 passengers year. Their operations will grow In Importance. They will continue to merit the pubflc confidence.' a - "LW '(!" - V;. ri l After having painted an even brighter picture for the future of the aviation Industry, Robert H. Hinckley of Washington, chairman chair-man of the civil aeronautics authority, au-thority, left Salt Lake City on Wednesday afternoon via the United Unit-ed Air Lines for San Francisco to hold conferences. .The Utahn has been visiting with his family and friends in Olden Ol-den and Salt Lake City.- He delivered de-livered a nation-wide address on aviation Tuesday afternoon over-KSL over-KSL and the Columbia Broadcasting Broadcast-ing system. ; Mr, Hinckley also Is going to Fresno, Cal., to dedicate a new $10,000 civilian pilot training building build-ing and will address the western aviation planning conference there on Saturday, stopping In Salt Lake City next week en route to Washington. Wash-ington. Mr. Hinckley's radio message expressed the happiness of President Presi-dent Roosevelt and himself In aviation's achievement of com- ROBERT H. HINCKLEY AriaUeB future called bright lines" and the CAA personnel upen the year's pseerd. pleting a year without a single death on commercial airlines. He read a letter from Mr. Roosevelt in which the president felicitated