HC Deb 11 March 1953 vol 512 cc1283-4
48. Air Commodore Harvey

asked the Minister of Civil Aviation how many and what type of aircraft are employed in his Department's communications flight.

The Minister of Civil Aviation (Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd)

The Ministry of Civil Aviation Flying Unit is not a communications flight. It is almost entirely employed on the flight check of navigational aids and the flight testing of candidates for commercial pilots' licences and instrument rating certification.

The Unit has 17 aircraft, made up as follows:

  • Four Avro 19's.
  • One Chipmunk.
  • Five Consuls.
  • Three Doves.
  • One Gemini.
  • Three Princes.
This number will shortly be reduced to 14.