Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!cmcl2!brl-adm!umd5!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!sun!concertina!fiddler From: fiddler%concertina@Sun.COM (Steve Hix) Newsgroups: comp.society.futures Subject: Re: Forecasts '87 and beyond Keywords: from "The Futurist" Message-ID: <36846@sun.uucp> Date: 17 Dec 87 19:57:21 GMT References: <2234@dasys1.UUCP> Sender: news@sun.uucp Lines: 23 In article <2234@dasys1.UUCP>, patth@dasys1.UUCP (Patt Haring) writes: > From "Outlook '87 and beyond", published by the World Future > Society, 4916 St. Elmo Ave., Bethesda, Md. 20814. The > forecasts come from "The Futurist" magazine. > > * An airplane in every garage may soon be possible. > Lightweight materials such as plastics and aluminum > can reduce the cost of manufacturing, making > possible affordable, fuel-efficient "personal > planes." --WT&F/Technology, Jan/Feb '86 This must be for a parallel timeline...not ours. What with product liability suits, crowded airways, safety fears, and a widespread impression that pilots are generally nothing more than the rich playing with their toys, this is about as likely to happen as any of the past post-war flying booms. (No smiley.) On the other hand, maybe they're talking about France or Australia. seh