The present mighty barrier and dreaded bugaboo to air travel, the weather, will probably little affect air travel in the future, certainly not to the extent that fogs now block our water harbors. Instruments are already developed which permit pilots to control their planes though flying blind. Others are in use which guide pilots to a safe landing in densest fog. The perfection and general application of these devices, plus the addition of sounding apparatus to warn pilots of other aircrafts in the immediate vicinity, will render present weather barriers impotent. As airplanes multiply, their passage and uses will be more closely supervised, restricted and governed. Due to their speed, airplanes will probably be regulated largely by the Federal Govern_ ment and be considered as vehicles of interstate commerce. Already airplanes have touched five states in fifty minutes and crossed the continent in less than half a day. Such speedy vehicles may well be regulated by federal authority. An excellent beginning has already been made by the Aeronautics Branch of the Department of Commerce.

Probably there is no more troublesome problem connected with flying's future than the proper sphere of the air sportsman. If privately owned aircraft ever became as numerous, and were owned and operated in such disreputable state of repair, as are automobiles of today, the accident rate would be astounding. But the real unfortunate in such a state of affairs would be the man on the ground, whose soil and home and person would be the repository for air maniacs and their crumpled cars. Yet there is no more pleasurable and exhilarating sport than sailing the skies, brushing through clouds, looking down on the pigmy, ant-like world below. Such recreation will always appeal. Hence, the air sportsman will become more and more a vexing problem. The ultimate outcome will probably be very strict regulation of privately owned aircraft. They will be operated by licensed pilots, will fly only over given areas, and when traveling on airlines, will follow directions of dispatchers and route regulations as closely a scheduled aircraft on established routes. Private flying will probably always give way to public operation of aircraft, as it well should. (pages 130-131)