§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Defence what records are kept for aircraft exercises above 200 ft. on overland flights; for how long detailed records of low flying are kept; what regulations are in force limiting the amount of night flying (a) below 200 ft. and (b) above 200 ft.; and what regulations have been made to limit the amount of flying exercises in the hours between 17.00 hours and 08.00 hours.
§ Mr. PattieRecords are kept of all flights below 2,000 ft. These go back for six months.
There is no night flying below 200 ft. Flights below 2,000 ft. are not normally carried out between 23.00 hours and 07.00 hours, and during other hours of darkness, low flying is kept to a minimum to limit disturbance to the public.