§ 53. Dr. Reginald Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Trade when the Civil Aviation Authority intends to make mandatory the fitting of ground proximity warning systems in airline aircraft.
§ Mr. Clinton DavisThe Civil Aviation Authority informs me that it is now considering replies to a letter of consultation on this subject which it circulated in April and that it hopes shortly to submit to me amendments to the Air Navigation Order which would have the effect of requiring ground proximity warning systems to be carried by all public transport aircraft exceeding weights of 15, 000dg or carrying 30 passengers. In its consultation 365W letter the authority indicated an intention to make this requirement mandatory from mid-1976 in respect of turbojet aircraft and from mid-1977 in respect of other aircraft.