Saturday
Mar202010
Private Planes of the Future (1944)
Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 4:20PM ;)
The July, 1944 issue of Popular Science contains this private plane of the future, as imagined by Douglas Rolfe.
Previously on Paleo-Future:
- Personal Helicopter (1943)
- Torpedo Boat of Tomorrow (1943)
- Passenger Air Travel (1945)
- Gryoscopic Rocket Car (1945)
- Commuter Helicopter (1947)
- Word Origins: Imagineering (1940s)
Reader Comments (7)
It's nice that they actually asked us what are YOUR (OUR) ideas.
Nobody does that any more. The Man just tells us what to do and think.
They were almost right in their prediction. Although this kind of resemble planes that were once in the Jetson's. I would really like to get my hands on that issue!
It looks alot like the Osprey.
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This aircraft actually makes sense. One would need to shift the CG forward though. It could probably work well as a seaplane end wing root would work like sponsons.
Looks like a nice idea for a diesepunk aircraft.