Directions in aviation, 1941

Agnes Rogers, From Man to Machine, A Pictorial History of Invention, Little, Brown and Co. 1941

  The brand new Being 307 Stratoliner towers over the Aeronca K in front. On one hand the four engine airliner with pressurized cabin carrying 30 passengers over 2000 miles was clearly the future, but the Aeronca was one of a number of light aircraft inexpensive enough for private pilots to own and fly. A large boom was predicted for the light plane- everyone will soon own an airplane as well as a car!