6 Miracles Ahead! 



gargantuan quantities of war materiel will later be used to 

 turn out, by the thousands, new cars that are lighter and 

 swifter than any we have seen to date and that will be a third 

 lower in price than the cheapest prewar car; prefabricated 

 homes equipped with modern lighting, plumbing, and air- 

 conditioning units (homes fit for kings) ; helicopters and small 

 easy-to-maneuver planes for civilian use to be sold at the price 

 of a good car; new tools, appliances, and machines of every 

 type and description. 



The Revolution in Transportation 



It is difficult for most people at this time to grasp the sig- 

 nificance of the new metals that have been developed for air- 

 plane manufacture. These powerful lightweight metals will 

 do as much to transform the appearance of tomorrow's world 

 as will any other thing. They will take the place of many 

 heavy, cumbersome, unwieldy metals previously used for 

 buildings and conveyances. We will have new cars, trucks, 

 busses, trains, and ships made with these metals that will be 

 thousands of pounds lighter in weight, far cheaper to buy and 

 also to operate. All transportation in the future will be swifter, 

 quieter, safer, and less costly. 



But perhaps the most striking innovation, which will make 

 all of us peer heavenward more often, will be the introduc- 

 tion of helicopters for a variety of uses. A number of applica- 

 tions have already been filed with the CAB for helicopter 

 services one company requesting "Helicopter service to 

 carry air mail and express to and from the rooftops of over 

 four hundred post offices and railroad stations in the six New 

 England States and New York." 



We can also anticipate helicopter service to and from large 

 cities and their outlying suburbs and the use of many pri- 

 vately owned helicopters for family week-end trips and for 



