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60 results found for '"Air travel"' in Keywords.
Skytrain case successeful (1976)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with low budget airline founder Freddie Laker about his successful case against the government at the high court to allow his Skytrain planes to fly daily chartered flights to America. Male...
Atlantic air balloon crossing fails (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Ben Abruzzo is interviewed on his aborted Atlantic crossing by air balloon. He landed in the sea near Iceland, on top of a basking shark. Interviewer not identified.
Concorde first flight to New York (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male interviews passengers on the Concorde’s first flight to New York. Passengers: Gerald Kaufman, Department of Industry; an unidentified female (possibly a school teacher from Bromley);...
Adam Thomson on transatlantic air travel (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Adam Thomson, Chairman of British Caledonian Airways, who explains (in the context of a possible US ban on BC flights to Houston) that Houston is a booming part of the United States and that...
Around the world in 43 hours (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with competitor Richard Wrigley about a contest to travel round the world in forty-three hours. Male interviewer not identified.
First Skytrain flight to LA (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Freddie Laker talks aboard his first Skytrain flight to Los Angeles and says he is unconcerned they failed to sell out the first flight. Male interviewer not identified.
Laker defends non-British plane order (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Freddie Laker talks about his Skytrain service which is beginning commercial flights to Los Angeles and defends criticisms they are not using British manufacturing by ordering Airbus planes. Male interviewer...
Hugh Jenkins on London airports (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour MP Hugh Jenkins says Heathrow Airport should be reduced in size and Gatwick and Stansted developed, to prevent riots such as those which took place in Tokyo and New York. Female interviewer not...
Cunard combines cruise and air flight (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified female Cunard representative on the company’s plan to combine a sea cruise to New York on the QE2 with an air flight home. Male interviewer not identified.
Patrick Shovelton on Anglo-US air fares agreement (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Patrick Shovelton on the Anglo-US agreement on fares and air travel arrangements between the UK and USA. This is an updating of the Bermuda I Agreement (and was approved on 23/07/77). Male interviewer not...