HC Deb 09 December 1971 vol 827 c361W
Mr. Onslow

asked the Minister of State for Defence what action his Department has taken to evaluate the Britten-Norman Defender aircraft.

Mr. Ian Gilmour

The handling and performance characteristics of the Islander—the civil version of the Defender—were evaluated by the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment in 1970.