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Show Motor Bus Lines Plan 'Air Bus' Service to Reach Small Communities It is estimated that, even with I many small airports throughout the country, some 50,000,000 people will not have direct air transportation. To take care of these folks, several motor bus companies hope to operate oper-ate large helicopters, which can take off and land in small areas. These helicopters, or "air busses" would be used for journeys up to 250 miles. For greater distances, connections with air lines would be made. I From a commercial standpoint, it would be possible to give service to many small communities that cannot can-not afford to maintain airports. The helicopters would make stops every 25 to 90 miles, depending on the distribution of population. Since trips between 50 and 250 miles account for 25 per cent of all travel, the helicopter service would be a popular form of transportation, it is thought. Th air busses would travel about 90 miles per hour, in contrast to the 250 or more miles per hour of com- ' mercial air liners, but, since time ' lost going to and from distant air- ! ports would be eliminated, total travel time would not be' much greater in the helicopters, at least for short trips. Most of the shorter journeys were made by private passenger pas-senger autos before the war at average speeds of 50 miles ' per hour. The air busses can obvious'" cut this time almost in half. |
