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212 results found for '"Aviation"' in Keywords.
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.
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...
Sale of Harrier planes to China (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male Conservative politician (poss. Ian Gilmour) on the possible sale of Harrier aircraft to China. Speaker supports the sale and feels that the Government has taken too long to conclude the...
Frederick Mulley on sale of aircraft to China (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Fred Mulley, Secretary of State for Defence, on the sale (by Britain) of Harrier aircraft to the Chinese Government. Mulley says the protests of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev may be a token gesture and that...
San Diego air collision (1978)
- Genre
- News report
Report on a mid-air collision between a Boeing 727 and a two-seater plane in San Diego, California in September 1978.
Decline of Rolls Royce Aero (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with businessman Freddie Laker, on the possible demise of the Rolls Royce RB211 engine. He says if the Americans stop buying it, the Rolls Royce Aero engine will go bust and that the British...
Concorde noise levels controversy (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on controversy over the noise levels created by the supersonic aircraft Concorde at Kennedy Airport in New York. The Concorde does not have any special flight patterns or regulations in place to...
Rescue worker on Dan-Air Shetland air crash (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Telephone interview with an unidentified male helicopter rescue worker following the Dan-Air plane crash in the Shetland Islands (31/07/79). The rescue worker describes rescuing people from the water and...
Ross Stanton on increased profits for BA (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with British Airways chairman Ross Stanton, who talks about the company’s profits increase, which is £30 million less than forecast. He also discusses the Government’s proposed sale of...
Alan Day resigns from CAA (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Professor Alan Day, following his resignation from the board of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Female interviewer not identified.