Comments on: What Will Come Next—Air Trailers or Mammoth Planes? (Jan, 1931) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/10/14/what-will-come-next%e2%80%94air-trailers-or-mammoth-planes/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:39:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: KHarn http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/10/14/what-will-come-next%e2%80%94air-trailers-or-mammoth-planes/comment-page-1/#comment-1061610 KHarn Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:46:54 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5750#comment-1061610 "The recent article on Douglas Aircraft was far more grounded." PUN ALERT! What about the passenger ejection system that was briefly tried out? any articals on that? It was used for comic effect in a Thelma Todd/Patsy Kelly movie whose name I forgot at the moment. “The recent article on Douglas Aircraft was far more grounded.”

PUN ALERT!
What about the passenger ejection system that was briefly tried out? any articals on that? It was used for comic effect in a Thelma Todd/Patsy Kelly movie whose name I forgot at the moment.

]]> By: JMyint http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/10/14/what-will-come-next%e2%80%94air-trailers-or-mammoth-planes/comment-page-1/#comment-1061575 JMyint Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:19:55 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5750#comment-1061575 In the 1920's and 30's there were two huge factors limiting air transportation; the small capacity of available aircraft, and the lack of suitable airfields. The Boeing 247 didn't fly until 1933 and it could only carry ten passengers, the DC2 entered service a year later with a passenger capacity of 14. These were the first airliners that could turn a profit from just flying passengers. In the 1920′s and 30′s there were two huge factors limiting air transportation; the small capacity of available aircraft, and the lack of suitable airfields. The Boeing 247 didn’t fly until 1933 and it could only carry ten passengers, the DC2 entered service a year later with a passenger capacity of 14. These were the first airliners that could turn a profit from just flying passengers.

]]> By: g663 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/10/14/what-will-come-next%e2%80%94air-trailers-or-mammoth-planes/comment-page-1/#comment-1061571 g663 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:18:14 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5750#comment-1061571 A man with that kind of outstanding military career would certainly have had good reason to be thinking about gliders and people sailing to earth on parachutes. I think he can be forgiven for believing that most of us civilians would have had the courage to be dropped out of an airplane in a parachute-suspended gondola. As for me, if that was the option for a flight to an out of the way destination, I'd take the train. As for the airborne infantry who jump out of planes as routinely as most of us drive around in cars, yeah those guys leave me in awe. A man with that kind of outstanding military career would certainly have had good reason to be thinking about gliders and people sailing to earth on parachutes. I think he can be forgiven for believing that most of us civilians would have had the courage to be dropped out of an airplane in a parachute-suspended gondola. As for me, if that was the option for a flight to an out of the way destination, I’d take the train. As for the airborne infantry who jump out of planes as routinely as most of us drive around in cars, yeah those guys leave me in awe.

]]> By: Torgo http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/10/14/what-will-come-next%e2%80%94air-trailers-or-mammoth-planes/comment-page-1/#comment-1061562 Torgo Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:55:42 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5750#comment-1061562 The recent article on Douglas Aircraft was far more grounded. The recent article on Douglas Aircraft was far more grounded.

]]> By: LightningRose http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/10/14/what-will-come-next%e2%80%94air-trailers-or-mammoth-planes/comment-page-1/#comment-1061500 LightningRose Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:48:41 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5750#comment-1061500 This sounds like something out of a Terry Gilliam movie. This sounds like something out of a Terry Gilliam movie.

]]> By: Tracy B. http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/10/14/what-will-come-next%e2%80%94air-trailers-or-mammoth-planes/comment-page-1/#comment-1061499 Tracy B. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:47:44 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5750#comment-1061499 I think that "air trailers" (gliders) never took off following WWII I think that “air trailers” (gliders) never took off following WWII

]]> By: Paul Carney http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/10/14/what-will-come-next%e2%80%94air-trailers-or-mammoth-planes/comment-page-1/#comment-1061477 Paul Carney Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:05:49 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5750#comment-1061477 This guy was to become General "Hap" Arnold of the US Air Force. "He is the only officer to ever hold a five-star grade in two different U.S. military services" (Wikipedia) This guy was to become General “Hap” Arnold of the US Air Force. “He is the only officer to ever hold a five-star grade in two different U.S. military services” (Wikipedia)

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