Cooper Union College - Cable Yearbook (New York, NY)

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is an esTablished realiTy. lT is an everyday occurrence Tor a man To leave his oTTice in New York CiTy aTTer lunch and meeT an associaTe Tor dinner in Chicago. Times Square To The Loop in Tive and Three-quarTer hoursl WiTh The aeroplane in consTanT use Tor business and pleasure Travel, The engineer has Tound iT necessary To look To more Than The basic consTrucTion oT The plane. lT has been his problem To work on deTails which bring This means oT conveyance wiThin The scope oT The ordinary raTher Than The unusual mode oT TraTTic. QuesTions oT speed, oT saTe landings, oT size, have 'required comprehensive sTudy. NOT very many years ago, an air TlighT was considered an adven- Ture, a daring TeaT. Today, an air-minded public is Tamiliar wiTh such Terms as wing Tlaps, balancing Tabs, wheel cuTTs, assisT loops. RecenTly manuTacTured planes oTTer noTable perTecTion in design and consTrucTion Trom The sTandpoinT oT uTiliTy and beauTy aT prices which are relaTively very low. Today we can Truly believe iT is easy To Tly. This generaTion owes a debT oT graTiTude To The mechanical engineer. l-le has given iT Ten league booTs, he has helped iT To soar To The clouds. We Think oT him as a scienTiTic, pracTical Tigure. l-le is also a romanTic one. l-lis work requires ToresighT, vision, selT-sacriTice. l-le musT be willing and able To see The TuTure. Modern engineering has given new values To Time and space. Dis- Tances have been shorTened, Time has been increased Tor us. ExecuTives oT business organizaTions can visiT branches Trom C5oTham To The Golden GaTe wiThin a week. Lives are daily saved because special serums or oTher medicinal services can be broughT To ouT oT The way places aT incredible speed. The engineer has ouTwiTTed even The weaTher man. ln The middle oT a swelTering AugusT day in a hoT ciTy, iT is unnecessary To Travel many miles Tor cooling relieT. EnTrance inTo almosT any TheaTer provides a mild, cool TemperaTure made possible by The mechanical engineer's work in air-cooling and air-condiTioning. WiTh such provision Tor our speed and saTeTy oT Travel and Trans- porTaTion, Tor our comTorT, Tor our pleasure, iT would seem as if The mechanical engineer could siT back, crowned wiTh a laurel wreaTh, To view his wonderTul work wiTh pride. 3uT even iT we are saTisTied, he is noT. The clouds are noT high enough Tor him. l-le will go TurTher. We have read oT occasional aTTempTs aT sTraTospheric TlighTs. This is The problem The mechanical engineer has underTaken. l-le will solve iT. l-le has made slow, Tedious Travel a Thing oT The pasT, he will make sTraTo-- spheric invesTigaTion a possibiliTy Tor The TuTure. l-le has vision. l.eT us have TaiTh in his vision.

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