Mr. Alexanderasked the Secretary of State for Air whether he has received complaints about the continuous flying exercises carried out over the village of Stanton Harcourt, Oxford; and whether it is necessary to concentrate these exercises over that village?
§ Sir K. WoodYes, Sir. Some complaints regarding flying at Stanton Harcourt have been received by the local Royal Air Force authorities. The Cambridge University Air Squadron is at present located at Abingdon, and until its period of attachment is completed, which will be by the end of the present month, I fear that essential training requirements will ncessitate an abnormal amount of flying and the use of forced landing areas in the neighbourhood.