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116         HELICOPTER AIR SERVICE PROGRAM

are transferred into the port--and the moment when the port would open its door in this city, the time elapsed would be of the order of 12 minutes or so. Nothing else can compare with it, because even if the same high speed of a railroad or so could be provided, you will always have the time to transfer the passenger from the airliner to the terminal or whatever other method of travel there is, to bring them into the city. This is only one part of what can be done, and there can be a number of other things. 

The use of the crane would offer another very attractive possibility which is this: Off the busy hours, a crane can be used in teamwork with the cargo airliner. We can build a cargo airliner to transport very huge and bulky objects. An object of, say, 15 by 15 by 20 feet can be transported in our biggest airliners, or at least airplanes can be built easily to transport such objects, and such objects do exist in the form of antenna, scientific equipment, air-conditioning equipment, and whatnot. 

But there is no use to transport it by air because it will be locked at the airport. You cannot transport it through city traffic by existing means. 

In contrast with that, the crane helicopter could pick up any kind of bulky objects which are within its lifting capacity. The lifting capacity of our present vehicle is 8 to 10 tons. We have on our drafting board cranes carrying 20 tons. And it is my conviction that a crane carrying 50 and, when necessary, 100 tons, can still be provided, and that there may be value to it. 

While in many cases, let us say, a few aircraft carrying 8 tons would be preferable; yet in some cases giant and supergiant aircraft may be of great value for both military and commercial operations, because it will permit us to carry a single object without chopping it into pieces where this single object may be of such size. 

This may happen to be in a number of cases for military application. It may happen to be in a number cases for commercial application. And this, I would venture to predict, in the future, the combined operation by helicopters with a couple of cranes could enable us to make far better use of our beautiful territory, and through Canada where it will be possible by use of cranes and helicopters, say, to send a few bulldozers in the wilderness, clear out the ground, and then send a few ready-built houses or ports and in a place where there has been nothing but wilderness, the next day there may be a teeming village with electric lights, restaurant, and all the commodities necessary to exploit and work in the wilderness. 

I touched on this subject more, and I would add only the following: Besides the possibility of transporting bulky objects in connection with the air cargo industry or business, there is a great advantage that the bulky object or any kind of object could be delivered not merely somewhere from where it would be unloaded, but delivered to its destination. If it is a part of a building, you can put it on top of a skyscraper. If it is an antenna or something like that, we can deliver where it has to be used. The helicopter cannot only carry the object, but it can assist or even perform the erection of the object on wherever it may be needed. 

The helicopter may transport and land its cargo on board a steamship, which may be anchored or may be underway. In a number of