Show postwar PON ar air freight to be within reah reach of every farmer and every community of the entire country trained pilots and plenty of improved planes for everyday needs of all by walter alter A shead washington correspondent how about having those spare cinder parts dropped in yo your ur farm lot by parachute or how about calling up and having a flying ambulance deliver you to the nearest hospital for that emergency operation or if U yo you are in a hurry I 1 for that order you placed placed call up and have have them deliver it at your gate by helicopter ridiculous you say wen well not nol so ridiculous as you may think for the amazing progress of air transportation during the war Is reflected in these very practical steps for a new horizon for commercial operations as soon as peace permits As a matter of tact fact the civil aeronautics administration in the department part ment of commerce has on file at this moment applications for these and many more new types of civilian air business and these applications afford a stimulating picture of what the plane may soon be doing to advance new progress in american life and manner of living old and new hands at the flying game including many veterans still in uniform have formed enterprises now simply waiting for the official green light to serve the public in many ways that would have been thought ridiculous or visionary a few years ago for instance some of the applications include flying ambulance and funeral PI planes anes armored airships for safe dispatch of currency and other valuables delivery of new automobiles by huge glider trains tank planes for shipment of gasoline oil and other liquids bus and taxi service deliveries of medicine food and of other department store merchandise I 1 fly yourself systems sightseeing specialists pickup pick up or delivery by parachute and many others these projects are in addition to applications tor for wide extension of service into new territories sought by existing airlines and the entry of others into the fields of feeder pickup general express and cargo business start new enterprises applicants tor for certificates tor for these new enterprises cover the whole range of people who have been stirred to action by faith in the future of air transportation in the active dockets of the department are the names of companies and individuals with experience in transporting persons and property by air there are others who have had equally broad background in transportation por tation by steamship bus taxicab and truck and there are still others such as department store owners who are obviously strong in financial resources but who have never perhaps even delivered their own parcels then there are the embryo airline magnates like the man and his wife who want to start an air freight line between los angeles and new york and for specifications specification i for their fleet submitted colored cutouts of a liberator bomber from a sunday supplement As a matter of fact practically all the applicators state in more or less apologetic terms that the applicants have no planes with which to start business but since practically none will be available until after the war they are all on an equal basis from that standpoint the group of applicants who look iz V J f 0 ma 1 1 c I 1 photo shows a record shipment of penicillin nearly pounds this Is just one of the many items that will be handled almost entirely in postwar era by the new and existing taxi and air freight lines toward peacetime flying business with the keenest anticipation and toward whom official eyes will look with greatest sympathy are the soldiers and sailors some already discharged veterans and others ready to take to the air as soon as they are discharged ot of the military pilots which the war has produced the majority who plan to make aviation their career see their future a as s pilots for established airlines the there re are however many who want to start their own business nothing fancy understand maybe just a local feeder line there has been as yet no breakdown to learn just what percentage ol of the applications already filed are by servicemen but the percentage is high A typical one is the application filed only a few days ago by lt james walker case of sutter creek calif 28 year old navy flier filer lieutenant case wants to start a business flying persons and property to all parts of california and nevada in the most suitable available aircraft just as soon as the navy lets him go taxi rural service there Is also the norsemen norseman Nor semen air transport company which turns out to be several servicemen who want to continue their war association by establishing feeder airlines throughout new england many of these projects may never see the light of day but there are a applications like that of lt col john C L adams who before being called hack back to his regular army job when war came organized and operated an extensive air service in panama he wants to start a sightseeing business with helicopters heli copters or light planes fanning out in various scenic routes fro from m cristobal and balboa until he can start work sans uniform his wife alberta is getting things lined up then there are also a number of women who plan to start airlines on their own some of them judging from their application papers have already had successful careers in other lines of business there is an gelane harris of rutherfordton Rutherford ton N C i who proposes to start a scheduled mall mail and passenger service linking the smaller towns in north carolina tennessee and virginia using either helicopters heli copters or light conventional planes she proposes to land on postoffice post office roofs or the nearest available vacant lot mrs winifred lucy of detroit proposes to runa run a helicopter taxi service in michigan and mrs T W lanier of el paso texas drawing shows plane in full flight picking up mall sack the same technique will be available in peace time and regularly routed commercial planes are expected to drop and pick up packages while on the wing win proposes to begin with transport ol of mall mail and later of 0 persons and property on two circulating routes covering hitherto none too accessible places in texas new mexico and arizona the proposed air ambulance ice no doubt had its inspiration from the remarkable operations in evacuation of wounded by the air transport command ot of the army and navy and the airlines under contract with them two applications tor for this service now on file with the CAA C A A are by long established undertaking arms it 1 who wh 0 plan to use u be the airplanes either as missions ol of mercy or for burial one of them Is shannona Sh annons ot of fort worth texas who proposes to operate a helicopter ambulance or hearse from their city to or from any points within miles from within that radius to any place in continental U S or from anywhere in the country to within that circle an exactly similar application Is on me file from W C croy of poplar bluff mo me julian Bondu rants armored motor metor service of memphis would enlarge his operation by use of airplanes throughout the south and southwest on call and demand the fabulous supply of our motorized forces with fuel by airplane in the dash across france and elsewhere probably influenced H 1 I moul president of coastal tank lines inc of york pa to file an application to supplement his fleet of trucks with flying tankers tanke rs his ships would carry gallons of any kind of bult liquid commodity cc in tanks throughout the U united states and to alaska canada and mexico autos by air delivery of jeeps and trucks by airplane to the battle lines unquestionably tion ably gave T P geddes of the automobile air freight corporation of detroit the inspiration for similar operations in peacetime before the war his firm was reputed to be the largest deliverers of new automobiles in the world by steamship on the great lakes and by the well known super trucks their lake vessels the year before the war transported cars now their concern proposes to do rush orders on the same job with huge cargo planes and glider trailers they seek a certificate to transport automobiles from the midd lewest to anywhere in the united states andio bring back k general cargo to that area department store deliveries with the helicopter as the favored vehicle is proposed in dozens of applications on file perhaps the best known firms include the hecht company inc of washington D C and the william filene sons company of boston both would cover the metropolitan ro area surrounding their cities and would also seek to serve their customers in smaller cities at greater distances E J mckeown president of the producers air lines of toledo would use cargo planes gliders and heli copters in the transportation of perishable foods flowers drugs medicines and medicine ingredients A proposed plan of similar type is that of the fish airlines corporation headed by charles J mcgowan of new bedford mass which would emphasize rushing sea foods from massachusetts and rhode island to fishless fl regions of the country plane builders have demonstrated demonstrate cl that there may be a plane built tor for every purpose that has been their record in wartime and with plenty of skilled operators available also as a result of the war it remains to be seen whether or not the american public Is reilly really ready to try its wings when peace comes |