98 Miracles Ahead! 



demand for new military planes, especially types useful for 

 policing the Axis nations; (3) development of the cargo glider, 

 along with special tractor planes to tow them; (4) growth of 

 international and oceanic air lines requiring hundreds of giant 

 flying boats; (5) transportation of all mail, plus a substantial 

 portion of express business, by air instead of by surface car- 

 riers; (6) expansion of the private plane market by thousands 

 of wartime pilots who have learned to fly and will want to 

 continue flying, and by thousands of other people who will 

 have become "air-conditioned" during the war. 



Other observers foresee a lot of jobs for pilots and workers, 

 selling and servicing private planes and teaching people how 

 to fly. Many other workers will be needed to operate new 

 airports and maintain the flying aids on our airways. 



New businesses will be organized to provide "taxi" planes 

 for business and sight-seeing; for crop dusting, aerial photog- 

 raphy, and other purposes. These organizations will provide 

 jobs for pilots, mechanics, and office workers. 



Other Postwar Issues 



Experience gained by United States pilots and ground crews 

 in the world-wide operations of ATC and NATS will give 

 this country a long lead over Britain and other United Nations 

 in the race for air-transport business when the war ends. 

 Britain will be at a further disadvantage because the United 

 States has been building most of the transport planes, while 

 the British have concentrated on the production of bombers 

 and fighters. 



Referring to this fact, Juan Trippe, president of Pan Amer- 

 ican Airways, said that British Overseas Airways and the 

 national air lines of the other United Nations should each be 

 permitted to obtain from the United States, on equitable 

 terms, all the ocean-transport planes they will need to restore 

 the balance of fair competition. 



