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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, September 7, 1959

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 07, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Feature Section the on that Locum when 41 i vib Way to to May to to King it saw the a i on the drawing loonies of a in remit firm on Long Bland m. T. 1 at that of however the uni has must a placed i Tho wort   us lady the drum mini ai5jrft set a Kortni Cor to Beth Pat it i 4e1nlnjt a 80# st.,11 f j Iff the stars and stripes the in of a 38 to 40-foot Oablun Cruls a in general hydrofoil Memn applying to hips the am principal that pm pit at plane aloft. Sturdy but Light Metal foil i Are attached to struts sticking Down from a ship s Hull. A the Godsel pick up med greater water pressure a generated Utida r the foil than from above. An upward thrust results and the Chip Iii Elf u lifted until it to skimming the surf Are with Only Trefoil submerged some email hydrofoil Craft Are already used for Hort haul pm Ngor transportation enuin�l8t� for Nee n future in which hydrofoil Ahtu propelled by atomic Power would travel at flood of 200 Mph Mak ing an Ocean voyage from the a. To eur Ropo Pool old in one Day Thoy concede however that Thi visioning highly theoretical construction of Auch a ship could prove too expansive unseen technical barriers could crop up. The entire future of Ltd Sofoli Craft for general commercial Uwi la a question to which then Are now no an was  within the us maritime admin Ultra Ion which let the contract for design of the big hydrofoil Vowel off Leonls Duffet Aito How far and How Fust this new Type of Doslyn can be applied. Actual construction and operation of the Vest will be Cru Cal. Tho hydrofoil ship will be subject of to actual Nink or float to and can prove or demolish pin cil und pay str Conlu Blonti of a feasibility tudy a for the maritime admin Stra lion maritime planned think the future of hydrofoil Veseli lies in passenger Travet their itt Adlei so far Tugg Eit that hydrofoil a by Edward Cowan up staff Wrim � Fatsi Wilt a Best suited for Aholt a�4 medium length trips. They have in mind such voyages a Seattle to Alaska Miami to a Cert of Rico Tho Gulf Coyitt to Central America. Eventually Tran Ocean travel by foil ships May also be practical Nolc fully possible for the time believer officials Are limiting their Prospect Sto More modest proportions. For Tranfo cd in travel a major difficulty & is whether hydrofoil design can be applied to a ship Large enough to match the float ing hotel Comfort of today s luxury users. But some expert Content that if the hydrofoil travels fast enough to Ellmina the need for sleeping accommodations of would not have to be a floating hotel. I could in fact be much smaller and Mak Ockun travel by hip much Tike airliner1travel today How fit will hydrofoil ship got the teat ship scheduled for completion in 1961 will have crusing Speed of to knots or 00 Mph big Ocean Linen cruise at so to30 knot -1 As Lor the More Distant future Chile i Denison of the maritime admin tsum " Tion has Waldt our recent feet bitty  have arbitrarily set 200 Fnu a per Houfe a the Tipper limit. In the Fli Turet eve hits need not pm in the upper limit n Angl Nevern any that from their viewpoint  Asarum Long that today s technical problems will be licked tomorrow nothing is Limpos Tel out they concede that nil of " their optimism a still on the drawing Board and that one Day Atlantic Creasi Impi still lie years and yer in the future. Lac  
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