Evening star., 1928-12-14
FORD SEES GREAT
AVIATION FUTURE
Lindbergh Agrees With Man.
ufacturer on Possibility of
Radical Advances.

Although aviation has made tre-
mendous progress during It's Is years
existence, it is just on the threshold Of
real advancement and the next IS years
will bring aeronautical achievements,
which will completely eclipse anything
dreamed of today, in< the opinion of
both Henry Ford and Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh, they declared in an inter-
view today.
There will be radical changes made in
the design of airplanes and the airplane
of tomorrow will bear small resemblance
to the craft which are blazing the air.
ways of the world today. in the opinion
of Mr.. Ford, who today. stands as one
of the worlds leading manufacturers
of transport planes.
Airplanes, he said. will grow larger
and larger as motors are improved and
he believes there Is no limit to the size
which they eventually may reach.
Denies "Air Flivver'' Rumor.
The small airplane for individual use
has not yet arrived on a practicable
scale, the Detroit manufacturer declared.
He declared emphatically that he has no
intention at this time of manufacturing
any type of plane other than the trans
port model which he now is building at
the rate of one day at the Detroit
factory and airport. There Is no foun-
datioa for rumorS that he will manufac-
ture or even consider the manufacturing
of aerial "fiivvers," he said.
sTfhn oafiaoI o. ofYtaIn fan ffs1axy aud tho
one which is the foundation of cur air
transport progress" Mr. Ford said, is
the multimotored transport plane
Ford Is deeply interested In the de-
yelopment Of an airplane motor which
will burn oil rather than gasoline and
which may take the form of the Diesel
motor, he indicated. 1T Is the next
STEP" he said. Experiments on motors
of this type now are being conducted at
the Ford plant, he admitted, but his
engineers have not yet achieved the
success for which they hope.
In explaining his remark that the
airpiane of today win undergo radical
changes, Mr.. Ford said that he would
not be surprised to see the development
of combination of the dirigible and
airplane, or "dirigible with wings -
combining all of the most desirable
features of both types of aircraft. The
lift of the gas cells, he said, would spell
economy of operation and the use of
wings would give added stability, speed
ana maneuverability to the craft.
Col Liadbergh Agrees.
The Ford organization has no in
tention Of going into the air transport
business or the establishment of air.
lines, but will confine its activities to
the building of airplanes, he said.
The time Is at hand when, because
of the growth of air traffic, Mr.. Ford
said, it will become necessary to estab-
lish separate air traffic lanes for various
types and speeds of planes. The build
ing and operation of large transport
planes on large scale, he believes will
force some such form of regulation.
Although we cannot now foresee
just what the development of aero.
nautics will be-" MIR. Ford said. I'VE
can be very sure that progress will be
very rapid from now on"
Col. Lindbergh agreed with Ford that
the aeronautical development during
the next few years will be more rapid
than during any past period. He re-
fused, however, to elaborate on his
statement.
II do not wish to be interviewed at
this time" Col Lindbergh said. 1--WE
are here to pay honor to Orville Wright
and to his achievements and I do not
wish to do or say anything now which
will detract from him any of the at
tention which is his due"
'Work and Spend"
Mr.. Ford's advice to youth is to work
and spend.
On his way to a White House din
ner last night, he stopped long enough
he ran somewhat counter to an old
maxim, one generally regarded by most
as the law Of the Medes and Pefsians
Work and save.
You often hear advice given to young
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