A glance at the future

Abstract

THE address at the opening of the Sixth Engineering Materials and Design International Exhibition and Conference, held at Olympia at the beginning of December, was given by Sir Barnes Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S., Chief of the Aeronautical Research and Development Dept., British Aircraft Corporation Ltd., Weybridge. The theme of his address was the dependence of England upon her industrial prosperity, and the way that national wealth depends on international trade, which in turn depends on international transport. In the past, Great Britain led the world, with the industrial field at her feet. Gradually we had taught other people how it was done, and we were now dependent on our technological skill, our craftmanship and our ability as creative designers to sell our goods. In spite of the competition, there was one thing which could not be taken from us, and that was our geographical position at the centre of the world's trade routes. This conferred a great advantage, as the relative cost of transport by land and by sea had always been tremendously in favour of the sea.

Citation

(1968), "A glance at the future", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 40 No. 12, pp. 7-7. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb034449