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212 results found for '"Aviation"' in Keywords.
Paul Warren Wilson’s round-the-world flight attempt (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Paul Warren Wilson discusses his planned flight around the world in a single-engined plane. He explains the route and the possible problems that the crew could face, as well as the funding behind the trip....
Increased demand for airports (1978)
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- Interview
Conservative MP, Alan Haselhurst describes proposals for British airports. Ideas include an increase in the size of Stansted Airport, and making ex-military airfields into working commercial airports....
British aircraft industry (1978)
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- Interview
Ken Gill, general secretary of the Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (TASS) believes Britain is too weak in the aerospace industry, and...
Adam Thomson on transatlantic air travel (1978)
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- 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...
Harding L. Lawrence opinion on air fares issue (1978)
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- Interview
Harding L. Lawrence, head of Braniff Airways, on friction between the British and the Americans in relation to cut-price air fares. Male interviewer not identified.
Jimmy Carter on air fares (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Interview
Report on US President Jimmy Carter’s response to the air fair issue between British and US airlines. Seaboard World Airlines spokesperson Steve Moran discusses their proposal to offer the cheapest route...
Jere Cox on unfair treatment of British airlines (1978)
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- Interview
Jere Cox, Director of Braniff Airways, believes the British Government to be discriminating against the people of the South Western United States and the British public, by not approving proposed air fares....
Stanley Clinton Davis on air fare disagreement (1978)
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- Interview
British Trade Minister, Stanley Clinton Davis shares his views on friction between the United States and Britain arising from a disagreement over air fares. Male interviewer not identified.
Alastair Pugh on Braniff Airways (1978)
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- Interview
Chief Executive of British Caledonian Airways, Alastair Pugh on the tactics used by the United States in relation to the discount air fares issue. Male interviewer not identified.
Discount aeroplane route to Los Angeles (1978)
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- Interview
Unidentified male speaker on a new discount air route to Los Angeles whereby unused tickets are issued to passengers two hours before the flight is due to depart, to fill vacant seats. Male interviewer not...