LOW-FLYING AEROPLANES OVER SOUTH-WEST LONDON (Hansard, 8 August 1966)

HL Deb 08 August 1966 vol 276 c1676WA 1676WA

§ LORD CLITHEROE
asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many low-flying aeroplanes passed over residential areas in South-West London during July, and how many of these passed over between midnight and 7 a.m.

§ LORD RHODES
10,047 aircraft landed to the west and 1,598 took off to the east from the main runways at Heathrow during July, 1966. Of these 1,435 and 127 respectively did so between midnight and 7 a.m. These were the only operations which involved flying over South-West London.
House adjourned at fourteen minutes before eight o'clock.