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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
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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