EM 37: Will There Be a Plane in Every Garage? (1945)
By Robert M. Farr
Staff Writer, Science Service (Institute for the Popularization of Science)
(Published August 1945)
Who Is Going to Fly the Planes of Tomorrow?
- Are you going to own a plane?
- How much will it cost?
What Will the Postwar Planes Be Like?
- All plastic or none?
- The familiar types
- Pusher planes
- Water birds
- The unfamiliar types
- Sunday supplement airplanes
- What’s the truth about helicopters?
- Will helicopters replace small planes?
- Is it easy to fly a helicopter?
- Will the helicopter replace the automobile?
Is Buying a Plane Just Like Buying a Car?
- Why do you want a plane?
- Think before you buy
- The power plant
- Grasshoppers for sale; Uncle Sam, prop.
- Now—or later?
- One-third down, a year to pay
- How long will you keep your plane?
Who's Going To Provide Your Ground Facilities?
- Airports are necessary
- It’s a community job
Are You Physically Fit To Be a Pilot?
- Are war pilots safe flyers?
- The importance of being healthy
- What happens to you when you fly?
- Do you measure up?
- Handicapped persons can fly
How Should Private Flying Be Regulated?
- Who says you can fly?
So You're Going to Fly—Or Be Flown?
- Better take some money along too
- The question is yours to answer
- Additional questions for discussion
Primary source documents from 1944–46