Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-22
AUTO NOT TO
Be AFFECTED
BY AIRPLANE
Industries to Follow
Parallel Lines In
Opinion of Che Wy
Sales Manager

DETROIT, Mich, July 2l.-What
effect airplane development will have
on tn e automobile has frequently
been discussed by those close TO both
industries as well as BY laymen i'm
terested in the transportation meth
DDS the future may evolve.
Is n era of keen competition ahead ?
ahead2 VIII the airplane relegate the
horse and buggy
Decidedly no, in the opinion Of II,
j. klingler. general sales manager ol
the Chevrolet Motor Company. The
two industries will rather follow
parallel lines Of development, with
each other, the Chevrolet sales lead
er declared in an interview here to-
day.
There will be no more competi-
tion between the airplane and the
automobile than there is between the
newspaper and the RADIO Mr.. King
Ter stated. "When the radio first
began broadcasting news dispatches.
there was talk of supplantlng the
newspaper. Today the newspaper
prints radio news, and the news items
broadcast by the radio rather whc,
the appetite Of newspaper readers.
Each one serves the other. "
IL believe the airplane and the
automobile will follow similar lines
of development.
II believe that for every airplane
that goes in the air al least two auto
mobiles will 20 on the ground.
The owner Of an airpiane Will
need an automobile to take him from
his home TO the airport. lie Will need
another car 70 take him from the
landing field downtown to his destl-
nation. Meanwhile his wife and
family will need a car 40 home while
his is parked at the airport awaiting
his return. Every flight Will call into
use at least two or three ears.
There will be no competition hi
tween the airplane and the auto
mobile because the airplane san
serve only q restricted field Of trans
portation. II is essentially 2 rapid
medium OF long distance travel. IL
does not have the feasibility or the
a%ll-around utility or the automobile.
"The motor car takes the business
man 70 work in the morning. II
carries the professional man. who has
many stops 90 make, on his route over
town. N takes the wife downtown
shopping, the family 70 visit friends.
or on weekend vacation trips. II
does this without regard 20 distance
or conditions Of the weather.
"There is this further interesting
distinction between the airplane and
the automobile. The motor car IN ITS
evolution was first regarded as z
fad and a luxury. Il was recognized
AZ an economic necessity only aitet
IL had gained wide popularity as az
instrument az pleasure.
THE airplane. on the other hand,
has been AL instrument of business
from the start. IL is serving mainly
IN aerial photography. IN transport
ing mail, motion pictures and other
oulrk freight. and I'm providing rapid
massage between distanct points. It's
utility ~ this highly restricted field
which In no sense e~nroaches on the
automobile.
Both the automobile and the air
plane are propelled by internal COM
bustion engines. Aircraft motor
building now ~ largely based on les
sons learned IN the development 81
the automobile.
CAS- mass production served auto
mobiles IN bringing them to "a basis
Of low first cost and cconomlcal
TRANSPORTATION cost per mile. but
at the same time great national
suner-highways will speed mp auto
mobile travel nearer 20 that now az
tanned BY ai~rplanes. Each viii bs
able to serve better in ms own held-