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212 results found for '"Aviation"' in Keywords.
Report onboard flight of Concorde to Gander (1975)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report from the 90th flight of the British Concorde, which is travelling to Gander, Newfoundland. The journey will only take 2 hours, and the report follows the journey from London to Canada. Male reporter...
Viscount Leathers on taking Concorde flight (1975)
- Genre
- Interview
Viscount Leathers (Frederick Leathers) is interviewed about his forthcoming trip on the inaugural flight of Concorde. He was involved in the first flight of the Sikorski Seaplane, the Comet, and the 747,...
US opposition to Concorde (1977)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Norman Beebe reports from Washington on USA opposition to the Concorde landing at JFK Airport - legal issues over noise and safety, financial pressures from the aircraft industry and political aspects....
Concorde to land at New York (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Gordon Davidson, Concorde project director, is interviewed on planned flights to New York. A court’s decision to allow Concorde to land at JFK Airport has ended the long legal battle. Test flights will now...
US opposition to Concorde (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Norman Beebe, IRN reporter, is interviewed on ongoing legal obstacles, community action and political factors to be overcome before the Concorde can land at JFK Airport in New York. However the public are...
Derry Pearce on pilots’ strike postponement (1977)
- Genre
- Speech
Captain Derry Pearce, President of the International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations, on the postponement of the proposed strike in protest against hi-jackings, following talks with the United...
Nimrod to go ahead (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Winston Churchill MP expresses satisfaction at the Government’s decision to go ahead with the British-manufactured Nimrod airborne early warning system rather than take on US AWAX planes, and its...
Nimrod to go ahead (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Fred Mulley MP, on the Government’s decision to go ahead with the British-manufactured Nimrod airborne early warning system rather than taking on American AWAX planes. Jobs in the industry...
Roy Hutchings in anti-hi-jacking protest (1977)
- Genre
- Speech
Captain Roy Hutchings, Chairman of the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA), accepting the call to a 48-hour strike in protest against hi-jackings.
John Armstrong on U2 plane crash in Cyprus (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
John Armstrong (reporter) discusses the crashing of an American U2 aeroplane in Akrotiri in Cyprus. The plane had been at the airport, where it crashed, to keep an eye on peacekeeping operations for the...