§ 24. Mr. Rankinasked the Minister of Technology how many representations about the excessive noise caused he received when the Anglo-French Jaguar prototype flew supersonically on 12th October last in this country.
§ The Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Technology (Mr. Neil Carmichael)None was reported to us.
§ Mr. RankinCan my hon. Friend say whether the Jaguar flew supersonically on her trial flight, and even allowing for the difference in size between that plane and the Concorde, if it did, were any protests received?
§ Mr. CarmichaelIt was not quite comparable, since the Jaguar, while it flew supersonically on 12th October, was well out to sea, in accordance with the normal arrangements for such flights.