The 1940s were a period of rapid technological advancement in America. On that account, perhaps, the planners at Greyhound can be forgiven for their optimism when, on this day in 1943, they promised that people would be trading up their bus seat for one on a helicopter bus soon.
The plan, reported the next day by the Chicago Daily Tribune, went like this: Greyhound would use the roofs of its already existing bus stations as landing pads for a fleet of ‘copters. Carl Eric Wickman, founder and then-president of Greyhound Lines Inc., told the Tribune that “the new service would be directed from Chicago, operate over the present bus system of 60,000 route miles and serve as a feeder system for established air transportation companies.”
They wanted to call it “Greyhound Skyways.”
Read the rest of the story: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fit-1940s-optimism-greyhound-proposed-fleet-helicopter-buses-180963613/
Honestly, I'm glad this far-fetched idea never got off the ground. :)
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Matt