Tailspin45
29th Mar 2010, 13:20
"It would not be unnatural if men of commerce were attracted, at least, to consider the possibility of using the airways as suitable routes for the transportation of goods that require a rapid method of conveyance, such as stuffs of a perishable nature. Still, at the moment, or even after the war, although the progress of flight has been exceedingly rapid, the commercial uses of the aeroplane in this respect will be very limited. The enormous horse power and wing span required to lift heavy cargoes would be two of the chief disadvantages, and the expense of the former even initially and for subsequent maintenance would be so terribly high that it would be cheaper to use the ordinary methods of shipping and rail though at a greater expense of time."
Flying Men and Their machines
Clarence Winchester
1916
Flying Men and Their machines
Clarence Winchester
1916